waddle

UK: /ˈwɒd^əl/ US: /ˈwɑdəl/ ,(wod′l)

Inflections of 'waddle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

waddles

v 3rd person singular

waddling

v pres p

waddled

v past

waddled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

wad•dle /ˈwɑdəl/   v., -dled, -dling, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side in the manner of a duck.

n. [countable]

2. a waddling way of walking.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wad•dle  (wod′l), v., -dled, -dling, n. 
v.i. 

1. to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
2. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner;
   wobble:
   The ship waddled into port.

n. 

3. an act or instance of waddling, esp. a waddling gait.

• 1350–1400; Middle English; see wade, -le; compare German watteln

wad′dler, n. 
wad′dling•ly, adv. 
wad′dly, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

waddle / ˈwɒd^əl/ verb (intransitive)

1. to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side

noun

1. a swaying gait or motion

Etymology: 16th Century: probably frequentative of wade

ˈwaddler noun

ˈwaddling adjective