waddle

wad·dle

W0002800 (wŏd′l)intr.v. wad·dled, wad·dling, wad·dles 1. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.2. To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.n. A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.

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[Frequentative of wade.]

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wad′dler n.

waddle

(ˈwɒdəl) vb (intr) to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to sidena swaying gait or motion[C16: probably frequentative of wade] ˈwaddler n ˈwaddling adj ˈwaddly adj

wad•dle

(ˈwɒd l)

v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i. 1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side in the manner of a duck. 2. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble. n. 3. a waddling gait. [1350–1400; Middle English; see wade, -le] wad′dler, n. wad′dly, adj.

waddle

Past participle: waddled
Gerund: waddling

Imperative
waddle
waddle

Present
I waddle
you waddle
he/she/it waddles
we waddle
you waddle
they waddle

Preterite
I waddled
you waddled
he/she/it waddled
we waddled
you waddled
they waddled

Present Continuous
I am waddling
you are waddling
he/she/it is waddling
we are waddling
you are waddling
they are waddling

Present Perfect
I have waddled
you have waddled
he/she/it has waddled
we have waddled
you have waddled
they have waddled

Past Continuous
I was waddling
you were waddling
he/she/it was waddling
we were waddling
you were waddling
they were waddling

Past Perfect
I had waddled
you had waddled
he/she/it had waddled
we had waddled
you had waddled
they had waddled

Future
I will waddle
you will waddle
he/she/it will waddle
we will waddle
you will waddle
they will waddle

Future Perfect
I will have waddled
you will have waddled
he/she/it will have waddled
we will have waddled
you will have waddled
they will have waddled

Future Continuous
I will be waddling
you will be waddling
he/she/it will be waddling
we will be waddling
you will be waddling
they will be waddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been waddling
you have been waddling
he/she/it has been waddling
we have been waddling
you have been waddling
they have been waddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waddling
you will have been waddling
he/she/it will have been waddling
we will have been waddling
you will have been waddling
they will have been waddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been waddling
you had been waddling
he/she/it had been waddling
we had been waddling
you had been waddling
they had been waddling

Conditional
I would waddle
you would waddle
he/she/it would waddle
we would waddle
you would waddle
they would waddle

Past Conditional
I would have waddled
you would have waddled
he/she/it would have waddled
we would have waddled
you would have waddled
they would have waddled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	waddle - walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"gait - a person's manner of walking
Verb	1.	waddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, paddlewalk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

waddle

verb shuffle, shamble, totter, toddle, rock, stagger, sway, wobble a fat woman waddling down the street

Translations

摇摇摆摆地走蹒跚蹒跚而行

waddle

(ˈwodl) verb to take short steps and move from side to side in walking (as a duck does). The ducks waddled across the road; The fat old lady waddled down the street. 搖搖擺擺地走, 蹣跚而行 摇摇摆摆地走，蹒跚而行 noun a clumsy, rocking way of walking. 蹣跚 蹒跚