waddle
from
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.
[1913 Webster]
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "waddle":
amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, claudicate,
claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag,
drag along, drag out, droop, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog,
funeral march, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go slow, halt,
hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jog,
jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, laze, leisurely gait, limp,
lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince,
mincing steps, mosey, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod,
poke, poke along, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff,
scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle,
single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march,
slow motion, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step,
stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut,
stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter,
totter along, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, walk,
wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along
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