Definitions for waddleˈwɒd l
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wad•dleˈwɒd l(v.; n.)-dled, -dling
(v.i.)to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side in the manner of a duck .
to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble.
(n.)a waddling gait.
Origin of waddle:
1350–1400; ME; see wade , -le
wad′dly(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
waddle(verb)
walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
"ducks walk with a waddle"
toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle(verb)
walk unsteadily
"small children toddle"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
waddle(verb)ˈwɒd l
to walk in a way that makes your body move from side to side
a duck waddling toward the pond
Wiktionary
waddle(Noun)
A swaying gait.
waddle(Verb)
To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
Origin: First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)
Webster Dictionary
Waddle(verb)
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
Waddle(verb)
to trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it
Translations for waddle
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
waddle(noun)
a clumsy, rocking way of walking.
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