WADDLING

Verb

waddling

present participle of waddle

Noun

waddling (plural waddlings)

The act of one who waddles.

Anagrams

• dawdling

Source: Wiktionary

WADDLE

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