Definition of Waddle

1. Noun. Walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other. "Ducks walk with a waddle"

Generic synonyms: Gait

2. Verb. Walk unsteadily. "The children waddle to the playground"; "Small children toddle"
Exact synonyms: Coggle, Dodder, Paddle, Toddle, Totter
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Dodderer, Toddler, Totterer, Waddler

Definition of Waddle

1. v. i. 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.

2. v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.

3. v. i. 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.

4. v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.

Definition of Waddle

1. Noun. A swaying gait. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Waddle

1. to walk with short, swaying steps [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Medical Definition of Waddle

1. Rolling gait in which the weight-bearing hip is not stabilised; it bulges outward with each step, while the opposite side of the pelvis drops, resulting in alternating lateral trunk movements; due to gluteus medius muscle weakness, and seen with muscular dystrophies, among other disorders. Synonym: waddle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Waddle

wadable
wadalite
wadcutter
wadcutters
wadd
wadded
wadder
wadders
waddie
waddied
waddies
wadding
waddings
waddingtonian homeostasis
waddle (current term)
waddled
waddler
waddlers
waddles
waddlier
waddliest
waddling
waddling gait
waddlingly
waddly
wadds
waddy
waddya
waddying

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