(baseball) A player for the San Diego Padres.

An Irish nickname for Patrick.

(slang, sometimes offensive) An Irish person.

Alternative form of up the creek

A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.

To swim in dog paddle style.

A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming. The swimmer lies on their chest and moves their hands and legs alternately.

To swim in this style.

(also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.

(often passive) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.