WordNet
boat paddle
n. a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat [syn: paddle]
Usage examples of "boat paddle".
While she held the flashlight, he used a boat paddle to tip over the lid.
Returning to a bench on which sat a wooden keg, she began to stir the contents with a short-handled boat paddle held in hamlike fists.
Ronnie hands me his green Steinberger, the guitar that's shaped like a boat paddle.