Crossword clues for waddle
waddle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waddling.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[ae]dlian to beg, from
wadan to go. See Wade.]
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.
--Shak.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace.
--Young.
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through
it. [R.]
--Drayton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side; to walk as a duck does," 1590s, frequentative of wade. Related: Waddled; waddling. The noun is recorded from 1690s.
Wiktionary
n. A swaying gait. vb. (context intransitive English) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
WordNet
n. walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and the weight shifting from one foot to the other
Wikipedia
Waddle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Waddle (born 1954), English footballer
- Bryan Waddle (21st century), New Zealand broadcaster
- Chris Waddle (born 1960), English footballer
- Tom Waddle (born 1967), American football wide receiver
Waddle may refer to:
- Waddle, Pennsylvania, United States
- Waddle (surname), a surname
Usage examples of "waddle".
Cushions and bedclothes were scattered everywhere, colourful animatic dolls waddled around, either laughing or repeating their catch phrases.
By the time the armadillo had nosed and waddled around the bend in the road, Anna was less than thirty-six inches from the gray and scaly hindquarters.
I refer to that waddling and bowlegged purple-furred monstrosity with a huge and faithful heart of purest cold, Bozo the othode.
Kitten waddled over to help, or at least to eat the rind that Daine cut from the meat.
It was necessary, however, first to allow them to land, for with their close, short hair, and their fusiform conformation, being excellent swimmers, it is difficult to catch them in the sea, while on land their short, webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow, waddling movement.
The master arose from his throne and waddled across the room, with Foy at his heels.
Indicating that he wished Foy to follow, Ling Soo waddled toward a cabin.
He began moving toward the ball, running slowly at first, waddling like a duck because his legs were a little crooked, and he also moved them in a special way to keep the goalie from guessing which leg he would kick with.
I blinked painfully, squinting in the glare-then gasped at the incredible figure standing in the open door Chapter 18 RED SWORDS IN KUUR It had a massive chest and burly shoulders, six, fat waddling legs and a blunt, homely visage, all gogling eyes and grinning, froglike mouth filled with blunt, powerful tusks.
Then they come out in couples and waddle under the wrong fence into the lower meadow, fly madly under the tool-house, pitch blindly in with the sitting hens, and out again in short order, all the time quacking and squawking, honking and hissing like a bewildered orchestra.
One male, holding her hips from between her legs, waddled in that position toward the nearest pink doorway.
Bull with his square face and fringe of stiff grey beard who waved his knobbly stick at her, and waddled across the road.
Zhukov interrupted, pointing his extended arm at the guard so Laika could waddle closer and growl at him.
Larry Lepper donned his oversize Buster Bear head and waddled down the winding steps, his heart in his mouth.
This lumbar lordosis and a tilted pelvis explain why all dwarfs waddle.