mispaddle

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verb

To paddle incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmispaddle (third-person singular simple present mispaddles, present participle mispaddling, simple past and past participle mispaddled)

present singular third person mispaddles · participle present mispaddling · participle past mispaddled · past mispaddled

  1. To paddle incorrectly.

    Rufe mispaddled and splashed himself.

    2012, Brian Jacques, The Bellmaker, page 91
    2 more examples

    “Whoa!” Emory said, looking at Hamilton on the wave. “Did you see that? Laird leaned forward. He mispaddled. He almost fell!”

    2010, Susan Casey, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Ocean's Greatest Furies, page 237

    'Oh my, I'm all over the shop,' said Mhairi, as she mispaddled into a tangle of mangroves at one point, and stiff grey fingers dangling above quested for root space in her hair.

    2011, Lucy Irvine, Faraway

Origin

From mis- + paddle.

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APA

mispaddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispaddle

MLA

“mispaddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispaddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mispaddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispaddle.

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