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waddle
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wad·dle  (wdl)
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.

[Frequentative of wade.]

waddler n.

waddle
Verb
[-dling, -dled]
to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
Noun
a swaying walk [from wade]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waddlewaddle - 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
Verb1.waddlewaddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
walk - 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
Translations

waddle [ˈwɔdl] viandar como un pato
waddle [ˈwɔdl] vise dandiner
waddle [ˈwɔdl] viwatscheln
waddle [ˈwɔdl] vicamminare come una papera

waddle
v waddle [ˈwodl]
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. waggel يَتَمايَل патешка походка kolébat se vralte watscheln περπατώ σαν πάπια anadear, andar como un pato tatsama اردك وار راه رفتن vaappua (se) dandiner לְהַלֵך כְּבַרווָז बतख की तरह चलना gegati kacsázik berjalan gontai vappa, kjaga camminare (dondolandosi) よたよた歩く 어기적어기적 걷다, 비척비척 걷다 krypuoti gāzelēties; iet gāzelēdamies berjalan seperti itik, berjalan terkedek-kedek waggelen vagge, vralte iść kołysząc się andar bamboleando-se a merge legănându-se; a se clătina переваливаться kolísať sa racati gegati se vagga [] เดินเป๋ไปเป๋มา badi badi yürümek 搖搖擺擺地走, 蹣跚而行 ходити перевальцем جھومتےاور چھوٹے چھوٹے قدم رکھتے ہوءے چلنا đi lạch bạch ,
n
a clumsy, rocking way of walking. waggel تَمايُل непохватен kolébavost vralten das Watscheln άχαρα κουνιστό περπάτημα andar de pato (mareado) tatsamine قدم اردك وار vaapunta dandinement הַליִכַת בַּרווָז बत्तख की तरह चाल gegati se kacsázás jalan gontai kjag (andatura dondolante) よたよた歩き 비척비척 걷기 krypavimas gāzelēšanās cemerkap sewaktu berjalan waggelende gang vagging, vralting kaczy chód andar de pato mers legănat; clătinare походка вразвалку kolísavosť, kolísavá chôdza racanje geganje vaggande gång การเดินเป๋ไปเป๋มา badi badi yürüme 蹣跚 хода перевальцем مستانہ چال dáng đi lạch bạch


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