Waddle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other

walk unsteadily

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɑːdəl/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒdəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒdəl/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɑːdəl/.

Examples

ducks walk with a waddle
small children toddle

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

coggle totter toddle dodder paddle

Parts of Speech

noun	walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other “ducks walk with a waddle”
verb	walk unsteadily “small children toddle”

Word Forms

waddle	verb	walk unsteadily
toddler	noun	a young child
totterer	noun	someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
dodderer	noun	one who dodders from old age and weakness
waddle	noun	walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
waddler	noun	someone who walks with a waddling gait

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

watscheln

Gehen mit kurzen Schritten und Verlagerung des Gewichts von einem Fuß auf den anderen

🇫🇷French

se dandiner

marcher à pas courts et le poids basculé d'un pied sur l'autre

🇪🇸Spanish

anadear

caminar con pasos cortos y el peso inclinándose de un pie al otro

🇮🇹Italian

dondolare

camminare con passi brevi e inclinare il peso da un piede all'altro

🇳🇱Dutch

waggelen

lopen met korte stappen en het gewicht kantelt van de ene voet naar de andere

🇵🇹Portuguese

gingar

caminhar com passos curtos e o peso inclinado de um pé para o outro

🇷🇺Russian

ковылять

ходьба короткими шагами с переваливанием веса с одной ноги на другую

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डोलना

छोटे कदमों से चलना और वजन एक पैर से दूसरे पैर पर झुकना

🇧🇩Bengali

ধাক্কা

ছোট পদক্ষেপের সাথে হাঁটা এবং ওজন এক পা থেকে অন্য পা পর্যন্ত কাত

🇮🇳Tamil

வாடில்

குறுகிய படிகளுடன் நடப்பது மற்றும் எடை ஒரு அடியிலிருந்து மற்றொன்றுக்கு சாய்வது

🇮🇳Telugu

తోడు

చిన్న అడుగులతో నడవడం మరియు బరువు ఒక అడుగు నుండి మరొక అడుగు వరకు వంగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

वाडगा

लहान पावलांनी चालणे आणि वजन एका पायापासून दुसऱ्या पायाकडे झुकत आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાડ

ટૂંકા પગલાઓ સાથે ચાલવું અને વજન એક પગથી બીજા પગ તરફ નમવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೊಡಲು

ಸಣ್ಣ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಡೆಯುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ತೂಕವು ಒಂದು ಪಾದದಿಂದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಓರೆಯಾಗುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാഡിൽ

ചെറിയ ചുവടുകളുള്ള നടത്തം, ഭാരം ഒരു അടിയിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് ചായുന്നു

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

摇摇晃晃

小步行走，重心从一只脚倾斜到另一只脚

🇯🇵Japanese

よちよち歩き

短い歩幅で体重を一方の足からもう一方の足に傾けて歩く

🇰🇷Korean

뒤뚱 걸음

짧은 보폭으로 걷기, 한 발에서 다른 발로 체중이 기울어짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lạch bạch

đi bộ với những bước ngắn và trọng lượng nghiêng từ chân này sang chân kia

🇹🇭Thai

เดินเตาะแตะ

เดินด้วยก้าวสั้นๆ และน้ำหนักเอียงจากเท้าข้างหนึ่งไปอีกข้างหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

goyangan

berjalan dengan langkah pendek dan beban miring dari satu kaki ke kaki lainnya

🇵🇭Filipino

kumaway

paglalakad na may maikling hakbang at ang bigat na pagkiling mula sa isang paa patungo sa isa pa

🇲🇾Malay

bergoyang

berjalan dengan langkah yang pendek dan berat badan menyenget dari satu kaki ke kaki yang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تهادى

المشي بخطوات قصيرة وميل الوزن من قدم إلى أخرى

🇮🇷Persian

دست و پا زدن

راه رفتن با قدم های کوتاه و کج شدن وزن از یک پا به پای دیگر

🇹🇷Turkish

paytak paytak yürümek

Kısa adımlarla yürümek ve ağırlığın bir ayaktan diğerine eğilmesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לשכשך

הליכה בצעדים קצרים והמשקל נוטה מרגל אחת לשנייה

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The primary meaning of 'waddle' is 'walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other'.

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