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waddle(dictionary)
waddle(dictionary)

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waddle verb & noun. LME.
[Perh. frequentative of WADE verb: see -LE3.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Fall heavily or as an inert mass. Only in LME.
verb intrans. Walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion, like a stout short-legged person or a bird (as a duck or goose) with short legs set far apart. L16.
H. E. Bates Ponderous and old and flabby, the Labradors waddled ten or twelve paces. A. Craig Old women..waddling home with their shopping.
b. Become a lame duck or defaulter. Usu. foll. by out. Stock Exchange slang. Now rare or obsolete. L18.
verb trans. Of an animal: trample or tread down (grass). Now dial. E17.
b. noun. The action of waddling; a waddling gait. L17.
D. DeLillo I make believe I'm fat and walk with a waddle.
waddler noun E19.
waddlingly adverb in a waddling manner L19.
waddly adjective that waddles; moving with a waddling gait: M20.