Waddle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. t.
     To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through
     it. [R.] --Drayton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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