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Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian 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.

Wad"dle, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.

Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian 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.

Wad"dle, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
  • A swaying gait
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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