Category:Waddle

Wad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling.] Etym: [freq. of wade; cf. As. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: to trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [r.] Drayton.