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wad·dle   Pronunciation Key  (wdl)
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.
  3. A "pub-crawl" organised by Cygnet Rowing Club, usually preceding a "drunken mess".

n.
A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.


[Frequentative of wade.]
waddler n.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.



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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.



waddle

\Wad"dle\, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] --Drayton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.



waddle

n : walking with a waddling gait v : walk unsteadily, as of small children [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University



waddle

waddle: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

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