ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Waddle', Synonyms of 'Waddle' & More on 'Waddle'

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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3. 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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Thesaurus Results for waddle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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