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WADDLE
waddle
(noun) walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; “ducks walk with a waddle”
toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle
(verb) walk unsteadily; “small children toddle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waddle (plural waddles)
A squat, swaying gait.
Verb
waddle (third-person singular simple present waddles, present participle waddling, simple past and past participle waddled)
(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
Anagrams
• Dewald, dawdle, dwaled, walded
Proper noun
Waddle (plural Waddles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Waddle is the 7940th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4167 individuals. Waddle is most common among White (91.05%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Dewald, dawdle, dwaled, walded
Source: Wiktionary
Wad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling.] Etym: [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade.]
Definition: 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. She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young.
Wad"dle, v. t.
Definition: To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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