boat paddle

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boat paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

paddle

oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat

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It's durable and reliable to the point that you can use it as a boat paddle or push pole in a pinch and then dry it out and shoot ducks with it.

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The teen said his first memory of the abuse suffered from his mother was her breaking a boat paddle on the two brothers when striking them with it in around 2008.

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Athletes training for the Olympic Games commonly used two swimming strokes-one that pulls through the water like a boat paddle and another that whirls to the side like a propeller.