waddle
[wod-l]
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verb (used without object), wad·dled, wad·dling.
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.
noun
an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.
Origin of waddle
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Contemporary Examples of waddled
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 of waddled
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
verb (intr)
noun
Word Origin for waddle
C16: probably frequentative of wade
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