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Waddle   /wˈɑdəl/   Listen
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Waddle  v. t.  To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. (R.)



Waddle  v. i.  (past & past part. waddled; pres. part. waddling)  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. "She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace."






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"Waddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... his head on thick paws sleeps a sheep-dog, There stoops the Shepherd, and see, All follow-my-leader the ducks waddle homeward, Under ...
— Peacock Pie, A Book of Rhymes • Walter de la Mare

... region, Nelly marched proudly up the avenue, and, having displayed her load, hurried to the hospital, where another applicant was waiting for her. On the step of the door lay a large turtle, with one claw gone, and on his back was pasted a bit of paper, with his name,—"Commodore Waddle, U. S. N." Nelly knew this was a joke of Will's, but welcomed the ancient mariner, and called Tony to ...
— Junior Classics, V6 • Various

... galloping up to Mr. Loudon's front gate. The family were at breakfast, but Harry and Kate jumped up and ran to the door, when they saw Miles coming, with his saddle-bags flapping behind him. No one had ever before seen Miles ride so fast. A slow trot, or rather a steady waddle, was the pace that ...
— What Might Have Been Expected • Frank R. Stockton

... her broad face, and her double chin, and her heavy jowl, and the beard that was growing round her lips, she did not look like a romantic woman; but, in spite of appearances, romance and a duck-like waddle may go together. The memory of those forty years had been strong upon her, and her heart was heavy because she could not see that old man once again. Men will love to the last, but they love what is fresh and new. A woman's love can live ...
— Phineas Redux • Anthony Trollope

... the bulky figure waddle off, sunk back in his chair, and repeated with profound dejection; "No gratitude! There, it's done: this time certainly I have thrown away a quarter of a ...
— Murder in Any Degree • Owen Johnson


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