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waddle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. She drawls her words and waddles in her pace. --Young. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. t. To trample or tread down as high grass, by walking through it [R.] --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: waddle n : walking with a waddling gait v : walk unsteadily, as of small children [syn: {toddle}, {coggle}, {totter}, {dodder}, {paddle}]
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