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[syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
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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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
waddle
n 1: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one
foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"
v 1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]