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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
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