waddle
verb (used without object)
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
are waddling
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present progressiveof waddle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When you are waddling around with a pregnant belly, you tend to hear the same advice on loop.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2020
The sand appears blackened with the multitudes of turtles—which, after depositing their eggs, are waddling towards the river; and often, where the margin of the praia is steep, tumbling down the declivity into the water.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The door is open, and a few ducks, with their young brood, are waddling up and down the blue stone step, as though educating their young in feats of difficulty and daring.
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
