paddlelike

English

Etymology

paddle +‎ -like

Adjective

paddlelike (comparative more paddlelike, superlative most paddlelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a paddle.
   • 2009 June 29, Simon Akam, “With Every Whack of the Cricket Bat, a Bond”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But on Tuesday morning it was crowded with players, some toting paddlelike bats, and filled with the sound of leather balls struck by wood.

   • 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 34:

     Thriving banana palms sculled the air with their large paddlelike fronds, as if to row the building backward in time to a more serene era.

Synonyms

• oarlike