toddle
verb (used without object)
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
is toddling
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present progressiveof toddle (3rd person singular).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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Elsa is now just over one year old and is toddling and bright.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
A flimsy fairy-tale from John Schultz, set in a picturesque — and imaginary — snow-spangled kingdom, “The Royal Baby” comes just as the newest generation is toddling around England.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
He has to pass the cabin of an Irish miner, whose little boy is toddling in the ditch, with a pinafore, hands, and face in a chronic state of untidiness.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
Your friend, the magistrate, is toddling fast to trap you.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
