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waddle
[ wod-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
- to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble:
The ship waddled into port.
noun
- an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.
waddle
/ ˈwɒdəl /
verb
- to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
noun
- a swaying gait or motion
Derived Forms
- ˈwaddling, adjective
- ˈwaddly, adjective
- ˈwaddler, noun
Other Words From
- waddler noun
- waddling·ly adverb
- waddly adjective
- un·waddling adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of waddle1
Example Sentences
As I head back to the car, I look up and watch the old folks slowly waddle to a nearby building for shelter.
That fact can be confirmed by standing on any street corner in any city of the country and watching Americans waddle by.
One of them got a small ear in its bill and started away on a swift waddle with the rest of the flock trailing behind.
All the duck-kind waddle; divers and auks walk as if fettered, and stand erect on their tails: these are the compedes of Linnæus.
His very walk, for all his drills, was the ponderous waddle of the stage rustic.
Very fat people waddle when they walk, though few of them realize it.
Corey seemed to prick up his ears, and began to waddle rapidly toward the entrance.
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