mispaddle

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ paddle

Verb

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

1. To paddle incorrectly.
   • 2010, Susan Casey, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Ocean's Greatest Furies, page 237:

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

   • 2011, Lucy Irvine, Faraway:

     '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.

   • 2012, Brian Jacques, The Bellmaker, page 91:

     Rufe mispaddled and splashed himself.