waddle
[wod-l]
- to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
- to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble: The ship waddled into port.
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- an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.
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Origin of waddle
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Contemporary Examples
The next day “I marched in—or more like waddled in—to see Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in their office.”
He waddled when he walked, books under arm and sheets of paper in hand–a happily disheveled image that made me grin.
Historical Examples
Whereat she waddled to the table to wait for the hot cakes to arrive.
The Gorgeous GirlNalbro Bartley
She waddled to the door and Olive followed her meekly, but she could not keep her lips from smiling.
Olive in ItalyMoray Dalton
The Baroness, to tell the truth, waddled rather than stepped to the rostrum.
Is He Popenjoy?Anthony Trollope
Ruth ran up-stairs, and Fuller waddled into the room where Reuben waited.
Aunt RachelDavid Christie Murray
He caught at the bell-pull in passing, gave it a tug, and waddled off to his bedroom.
Despair's Last JourneyDavid Christie Murray
waddle
- to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
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- a swaying gait or motion
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Word Origin
C16: probably frequentative of wade
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Word Origin and History for waddled
waddle
v.
"to walk with short steps," 1590s, frequentative of wade. Related: Waddled; waddling. The noun is recorded from 1690s.
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