paddler
part of speech
noun (a paddler, paddlers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who paddles a canoe, kayak or paddleboard. tree →
2) (UK, Ireland) A person, often a child, walking in shallow water at the seaside or in a paddling pool. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday and PE contexts: kayak and canoe paddlers on a river or lake, and stand-up paddleboarders. At the beach, paddlers wade with bare feet in shallow water. Water safety lessons tell paddlers to wear life jackets and to watch for tides.
examples
- The paddlers raced their canoes down the river. tree →
- Paddlers must wear life jackets. tree →
- Little paddlers splashed in the shallow pool. tree →
- The lifeguard warned the paddlers that the tide was coming in. tree →
- She is a strong paddler and won the kayak race. tree →
- Two paddlers pushed off from the jetty at sunrise. tree →
- "Ah! you old water-paddler," said she, "was it you that spoke? tree →
note
Countable. From «paddle» (verb and noun). UK «paddle» = walk in shallow water; US uses «wade». Safety: even shallow water can be dangerous with currents and tides; always paddle with an adult nearby.
Trees and pragmatics
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