Definitions for: Waddle

[n] walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and the weight shifting from one foot to the other
[v] walk unsteadily, as of small children

Webster (1913) Definition: Wad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waddling.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[ae]dlian to beg, from
wadan to go. See Wade.]
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to
the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily
and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child
waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. --Shak.

She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.

Wad"dle, v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through
it. [R.] --Drayton.

Synonyms: coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, totter

See Also: gait, walk

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