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

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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 7940^th 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

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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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