waddle Synonyms

waddle Meaning

Wordnet

waddle (n)

walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other

Wordnet

waddle (v)

walk unsteadily

Webster

waddle (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.

Webster

waddle (v. t.)

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

FAQs About the word waddle

walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other, walk unsteadilyTo walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other

stagger, weave, lurch, shuffle, totter, reel, roll, sway, stumble, careen

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The penguins waddled across the icy shoreline, their bellies scraping against the ground.

The ducklings waddled clumsily after their mother, their tiny feet paddling in the mud.

The injured goose waddled slowly towards the pond, its wings dragging behind it.

The emperor penguin waddled majest ically through the icy waters, its chest puffed out.