waddle
verb/ˈwɒdl/
/ˈwɑːdl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they waddle | /ˈwɒdl/ /ˈwɑːdl/ |
| he / she / it waddles | /ˈwɒdlz/ /ˈwɑːdlz/ |
| past simple waddled | /ˈwɒdld/ /ˈwɑːdld/ |
| past participle waddled | /ˈwɒdld/ /ˈwɑːdld/ |
| -ing form waddling | /ˈwɒdlɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːdlɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) to walk with short steps, moving your body from side to side, like a duck
- A short plump man came waddling towards me.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaddle is used with these nouns as the subject:- duck
- goose
Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps a frequentative of wade.Want to learn more?
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