toddle
verb (used without object)
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
toddles
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present tense formof toddle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Lisa now toddles around in a summer dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
She keeps busy taking care of Varvara, now 2, who toddles everywhere with no fear and loves British chocolate.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
My youngest happily toddles alongside them, though she has no friends closer to her own age.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
She scrambles from my arms and toddles fast and fearlessly into the surf.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2019
Armelio toddles away to the dining room to set up the cards.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
