waddle
verb (used without object)
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
waddled
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past participleof waddle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof waddle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
waddleverb (used without object)to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
Example Sentences
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Martin's other daughter, Kelly Fretwell, said her mother had "waddled" when she walked, had a limp, arthritis and had undergone two hip replacements.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Play, a four-year-old French bulldog, waddled down the street in Noho.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
A flock of brown pelicans waddled back into the wild on Wednesday morning, survivors of Southern California’s latest toxic algal bloom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
Holding her 8-month-old as she waddled a few steps, Mercedes Andrews, 27, said she came to Ttáwaxt after attending classes at another birth center in the Tri-Cities area.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
At that moment a gosling waddled close to the dog, who had been cringing in a corner of the courtyard.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
