Define the word Waddle"Waddle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Waddle \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.
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She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
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"Waddle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through
it. [R.] --Drayton.
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"waddle" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
waddle
n : walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and
the weight shifting from one foot to the other
v : walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle,
totter, dodder, paddle]
"waddle" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "waddle":
amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, claudicate,
claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag,
drag along, drag out, droop, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog,
funeral march, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go slow, halt,
hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jog,
jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, laze, leisurely gait, limp,
lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince,
mincing steps, mosey, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod,
poke, poke along, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff,
scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle,
single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march,
slow motion, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step,
stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut,
stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter,
totter along, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, walk,
wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along
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