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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.

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