toddle
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
the act of toddling.
an unsteady gait.
Origin of toddle
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How to use toddle in a sentence
She watched youngsters toddle toward their futures just as her son had.
Her son was now almost two years old, and beginning to toddle about upon a pair of crooked, thin legs.
Tess of the Storm Country | Grace Miller WhiteSeeing Robert hesitate, he added, "I shall have a damned deal more respect for you if you toddle."
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithHe drilled her—kept on at it; he was there twice a day; and every time she had to get out of bed and toddle across the room.
Mrs. Pryor had just completed this arrangement when a knock at the door made her toddle off to open it.
Salome | Emma Marshall
Wicked Willie they called me w'en Hi wasn't old enough to toddle halone.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for toddle
/ (ˈtɒdəl) /
to walk with short unsteady steps, as a child does when learning to walk
(foll by off) jocular to depart
(foll by round, over, etc) jocular to stroll; amble
the act or an instance of toddling
Origin of toddle
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