About The Word Waddle

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Waddle to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Waddle definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Waddle

Waddle Meaning & Definition
Waddle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Waddle?

[n] walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and the weight shifting from one foot to the other
[v] walk unsteadily, as of small children

Synonyms | Synonyms for Waddle: coggle | dodder | paddle | toddle | totter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Waddle:

See Also | gait | walk

Waddle In Webster's Dictionary

\Wad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waddling}.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[ae]dlian to beg, from wadan to go. See {Wade}.] To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. --Shak. She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
\Wad"dle\, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] --Drayton.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Purging cassia ‐ deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow…
  • Bad guy ‐ any person who is not on…
  • Push-down stack ‐ a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most…
  • Deparia ‐ classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually…
  • Luna moth ‐ large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and…
  • Thumbprint ‐ fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of…
  • Partly ‐ in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame";…
  • Intifada ‐ the Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli…
  • Jerusalem thorn ‐ East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow…
  • Whizz-kid ‐ someone whose career…