مِجْدَاف noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
مِضْرَب noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)
جَدَّفَ verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Armenian

2 entries

թիակ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
թիանիվ noun (paddlewheel)

Bangi

2 entries

nkai noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
luka verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Bashkir

2 entries

ишкәк noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
ишкәк noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Basque

1 entries

arraun egin verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Belarusian

3 entries

вясло́ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
веслава́ць verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
грэ́бці verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бухалка noun (bat-shaped spanking implement)
гребане noun (use of a paddle; session of paddling)
гребло noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
гребло́ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Catalan

4 entries

pala noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
pala noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)
palmatòria noun (bat-shaped spanking implement)
palmeta noun (bat-shaped spanking implement)

Cebuano

1 entries

bugsay noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏆᎸᏂᎭ verb (to spank with a paddle)
ᎦᎦᏪᏍᎦ verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

槳 /桨 noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
划 verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
划槳 verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
划船 verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Chinook Jargon

2 entries

isick noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
mamook isick verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Czech

4 entries

lopatka noun (blade of a waterwheel)
pádlo noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pádlo noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
veslovat verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Danish

4 entries

paddel noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
padle noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
padleåre noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagaj noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Dutch

4 entries

gepeddel noun (use of a paddle; session of paddling)
paddel noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagaai noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagaai noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Esperanto

3 entries

pagajo noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagajo noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
pagaji verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Estonian

2 entries

mõla noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
mõla noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Finnish

4 entries

evä noun (flat limb of aquatic animal)
kahlailu noun (meandering walk or dabble through shallow water)
lasta noun (kitchen utensil)
luukku noun (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water)

French

4 entries

aube noun (blade of a waterwheel)
aviron noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
hélice noun (paddlewheel)
nageoire noun (flat limb of aquatic animal)

German

4 entries

Blattrührer noun (kitchen utensil)
Doppelpaddel noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
Paddel noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
Paddel noun (flat limb of aquatic animal)

Greek

1 entries

κουπί noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Hausa

1 entries

filafili noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hoe noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
hoe noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Higaonon

1 entries

bugsay noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Hindi

4 entries

चप्पू noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
चप्पू noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
पतवार noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
पतवार noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Hungarian

3 entries

evező noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
evező noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
evez verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Icelandic

4 entries

kajakár noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
skófluhjól noun (paddlewheel)
paðla verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
róa verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Ido

1 entries

pagayagar verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Indonesian

2 entries

dayung verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
kayuh verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Irish

2 entries

céasla noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
céaslaigh verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Italian

4 entries

pagaia noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
pagaia noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
pala noun (blade of a waterwheel)
pala dell'elica noun (blade of a waterwheel)

Ivatan

1 entries

kawod noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Japanese

4 entries

かい noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
しゃもじ noun (kitchen utensil)
パドル noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
ラケット noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

rema verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Khmer

4 entries

ចែវ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
ច្រវា noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
ច្រវា noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
អុំទូក verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Kituba

1 entries

nkafi noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Kongo

1 entries

nkayi noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Korean

3 entries

노 noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
로 noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
젓다 verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Lingala

2 entries

nkai noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
luka verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Lushootseed

1 entries

ʔišɬ verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Macedonian

2 entries

весло noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
весла verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Malayalam

2 entries

തുഴ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
പങ്കായം noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Mansaka

1 entries

bugsay noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Mongo

1 entries

nkai noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Māori

3 entries

hoe noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
hoe noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
hoe verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

padleåre noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
padleåre noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

padleåre noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
padleåre noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Roodel noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Polish

1 entries

wiosłować verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Portuguese

4 entries

espátula noun (kitchen utensil)
palma noun (flat limb of aquatic animal)
palmatória noun (bat-shaped spanking implement)
raquete noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)

Russian

4 entries

весло́ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
весло́ noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
гре́бля noun (use of a paddle; session of paddling)
гребное колесо́ noun (paddlewheel)

Samoan

2 entries

foe noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
foe noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

grunnaich verb (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

vèslati verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
вѐслати verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Shan

1 entries

ၽၢႆး verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Slovak

2 entries

pádlo noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
veslovať verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Slovene

1 entries

veslati verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Spanish

4 entries

pala noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
remo noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
bogar verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
remar verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Swedish

4 entries

bordtennisracket noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)
paddel noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
paddel noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
pingisracket noun (equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)

Tausug

1 entries

bugsay noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)

Ternate

1 entries

horu verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Thai

3 entries

พาย noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
ไม้พาย noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
พาย verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Tidore

1 entries

horu verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Tongan

2 entries

fohe noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
fohe noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Turkish

2 entries

kürek noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
kürek noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

Ukrainian

3 entries

весло́ noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
веслува́ти verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)
гребти́ verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Urak Lawoi'

1 entries

กาโยะฮ verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Vietnamese

3 entries

chèo noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
chèo noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
chèo verb (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Zazaki

4 entries

estami (diq) noun (kitchen utensil)
per (diq) noun (two-handed, single-bladed oar)
per (diq) noun (double-bladed oar used for kayaking)
perzand noun (in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water)

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His wife caught him out with that blonde and then he was really up shit creek without a paddle.

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A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune.

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Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.

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We're up a creek without a paddle.

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