waddle
verb (used without object)
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
waddler
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a word derived from
waddle.
Example Sentences
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An ungainly waddler ashore, Castor canadensis spends 80% of its life in water, where it's as agile as a 50-lb. minnow.
From Time Magazine Archive
So, like a good sensible waddler, he was content.
From The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 by Various
"Oh, is it you, old waddler?" said she; "I weep because my golden ball has fallen into the well."
From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane
The Swan is very graceful in the water, but on land it is an awkward waddler.
From Child's Book of Water Birds by Anonymous
This is too hard footing for an old waddler like me.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
