waddle

waddle
Synonyms and related words:
amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, claudicate, claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, droop, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, funeral march, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go slow, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, laze, leisurely gait, limp, lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mosey, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, poke, poke along, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along

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  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Waddle — Wad dle, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • waddle — (v.) to walk with short steps, 1590s, frequentative of WADE (Cf. wade). Related: Waddled; waddling. The noun is recorded from 1690s …   Etymology dictionary

  • waddle — [v] walk like a duck rock, shuffle, sway, toddle, totter, wiggle, wobble; concept 151 …   New thesaurus

  • waddle — ► VERB ▪ walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion. ► NOUN ▪ a waddling gait. ORIGIN perhaps related to WADE(Cf. ↑wade) …   English terms dictionary

  • waddle — [wäd′əl] vi. waddled, waddling [freq. of WADE] 1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side, as a duck does 2. to move clumsily with a motion like this; toddle n. the act of waddling or a waddling gait waddler n …   English World dictionary

  • Waddle — Christopher „Chris“ Roland Waddle (* 14. Dezember 1960 in Heworth bei Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England) ist ein ehemaliger englischer Fußballspieler der 1980er und 1990er Jahre. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Sportlicher Werdegang 2 Sonstiges …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • waddle — UK [ˈwɒd(ə)l] / US [ˈwɑd(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms waddle : present tense I/you/we/they waddle he/she/it waddles present participle waddling past tense waddled past participle waddled to walk with short steps that make your body move… …   English dictionary

  • waddle — wad|dle [ˈwɔdl US ˈwa:dl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: wade] to walk with short steps, with your body moving from one side to another used especially about people or birds with fat bodies and short legs waddle off/down/over etc ▪ Half a dozen… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • waddle — [[t]wɒ̱d(ə)l[/t]] waddles, waddling, waddled VERB To waddle somewhere means to walk there with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side. A person or animal that waddles usually has short legs and a fat body. [V prep/adv] McGinnis… …   English dictionary

  • waddle — I. intransitive verb (waddled; waddling) Etymology: frequentative of wade Date: 1592 1. to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side 2. to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle • waddler noun II. noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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