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waddle

[ wod-l ]

verb (used without object)

waddled, waddling.
  1. to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
  2. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble:

    The ship waddled into port.



noun

  1. an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.

waddle

/ ˈ·ÉÉ’»åÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a swaying gait or motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É²¹»å»å±ô¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
  • ˈ·É²¹»å»å±ô²â, adjective
  • ˈ·É²¹»å»å±ô±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waddle1

1350–1400; Middle English; wade, -le; compare German watteln
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waddle1

C16: probably frequentative of wade
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Example Sentences

Her caption in the now-deleted post read: "My dream of holding a wombat has been realised! Baby and mom slowly waddled back off together into the bush."

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By that afternoon, she was instead “waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get the cancer out.â€

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Poor circulation in his legs has turned his walk into more of a waddle.

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That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago helped make it possible for peacocks to strut, penguins to waddle, and turkeys to trot.

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Afterward, she waddles through the ring-side seating in her white and pink sparkly sneakers.

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