waddle
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wad·dle
(wŏd′l)intr.v. wad·dled, wad·dling, wad·dles
1. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
2. To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
n.
A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.
[Frequentative of wade.]
wad′dler n.
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waddle
(ˈwɒdəl)vb (intr)
to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
n
a swaying gait or motion
[C16: probably frequentative of wade]
ˈwaddler n
ˈwaddling adj
ˈwaddly adj
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wad•dle
(ˈwɒd l)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.
1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side in the manner of a duck.
2. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble.
n. 3. a waddling gait.
wad′dler, n.
wad′dly, adj.
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waddle
Past participle: waddled
Gerund: waddling
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| Noun | 1. |  waddle - walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"gait - a person's manner of walking |
| Verb | 1. |  waddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
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waddle
verb shuffle, shamble, totter, toddle, rock, stagger, sway, wobble a fat woman waddling down the street
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waddle
[ˈwɒdl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
waddle
(ˈwodl) verb to take short steps and move from side to side in walking (as a duck does). The ducks waddled across the road; The fat old lady waddled down the street.anadear, andar como un pato
noun a clumsy, rocking way of walking. andar de pato (mareado)
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wad·dle
n. marcha tambaleante, andar anserino.
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