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Definition of waddle in English: waddleverb ˈwɒd(ə)lˈwɑdl no object, with adverbial of direction Walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion. 蹒跚而行；摇摇摆摆地行走 three geese waddled across the road 三只鹅摇摇摆摆地穿过公路。 Example sentencesExamples - Of course, if we carry on putting on weight as we have been doing, we will all be waddling around in extremely baggy clothes before long.
- As customers mill about, James waddles up the store's main aisle in search of a white dress shirt for his wedding this Saturday.
- By half seven we were out of the door, heading for the bus stop, Lauren waddling in her short denim skirt and knee-length boots.
- The toddler waddles freely into a neighbourhood yard.
- I can't remember the last time I was in a zoo; I vaguely recall penguins waddling past me when I was not much taller than they were.
- She was nearly as wide as she was tall, and waddled like a duck when she walked.
- Two large white geese waddled across our path in leisurely fashion.
- Long queues into the car parks and hundreds of people waddling around with ‘sale’ bags in their hands.
- Just then a short man waddled out of a nearby doorway, barely squeezing through.
- On a recent day, the squawking penguins were busily finding partners, preparing nests and waddling about the mating grounds.
- Now that the main character has a fat belly and can't do anything except waddle around buying baby clothes, the show is guaranteed to be non-stop action and drama.
- Black, brown, orange, yellow, must be a few thousand fluffy little birds, waddling determinedly away from the train that passes noisily above them.
- So I presume the airline will set a weight ceiling and make everyone who waddles up to the check-in counter step on a scale - probably the baggage scale.
- Laughing, he opened the door and lumbered up to her, the shorter man waddling behind him.
- He sneers at her approach and waddles forward to block her passage.
- There's a stiff breeze coming off the Indian Ocean and the surfies are clustered in groups, waddling around in their wetsuits like hipster penguins.
- Perhaps because they can only waddle from their TV sofa to their car and back again.
- So, waddling as fast as she could after the waitress, she ordered onion rings - something appropriate to go with the ketchup, of course.
- As the bus meanders on, ducks waddle across the golf course and red cows and calves amble along the roads.
- Sue has been busy this week rescuing a swan that crash landed on the Lechlade road and another that was waddling down Station Road.
Synonyms toddle, dodder, wobble, totter, shamble sway, rock, lurch, limp, shuffle, stumble, reel, stagger duckwalk, walk like a duck informal waggle
noun ˈwɒd(ə)lˈwɑdl A waddling gait. 摇摆的步伐，蹒跚的步态 我蹒跚而行。 Example sentencesExamples - After a moment, the turtle creeps out of its shell and resumes its waddle across the highway.
- A sore back explains his painful-looking waddle to the coffee shop.
- Walking is starting to have a slight waddle quality to it.
- This initially affects the muscles of the buttocks and legs, and causes a characteristic waddle when walking.
- Without tipping at the shoulders, concentrate on shifting your weight from one skate to the other between each waddle.
- In this form, they manage a penguin-style waddle toward the camera.
- There's the small head on top of the inflated body - and the waddle.
- One observer compared his action to a duck waddle.
- Perhaps Krishnan senior's ponderous waddle on the court could be excused.
- He walked, well I'd like to say walked but it was more of a waddle, to the door and turned the shiny brass doorknob.
- The athletic spring that had once been in my step had slid disgracefully into a slothful waddle and I was metamorphosing into a thirty-something marshmallow instead.
- Even Viktor's stooped, pot-bellied waddle eventually resolves itself into a hearty stride.
- Zack was fascinated with the baby geese, laughing at their ungainly waddle, watching them as they foraged through the grass.
- With a series of ungainly steps, clumsy lunges, and eventually a kind of painful waddle, he made his way to the phone.
- It is rather a celebration of birds in flight (or in waddle, in the case of the flightless penguins), as close to their majestic surroundings as possible.
- Children may walk with toes pointed in or walk with a waddle.
- They attempted to stifle their chuckles and hide their amused smiles as Suna moved towards their table in the manner that could only be described as a waddle.
- We had a walk, or rather a brisk waddle, in the morning, then cold turkey and home-made chutney by the fire for lunch.
- All the idiosyncrasies for which he was known within his homeland, the hesitant mannerisms and trademark waddle, do not look quite so loveable in the world at large.
- How come the fashion industry is still peddling the image of six-footer, stick-insect girl models with that funny cross-over catwalk waddle?
Derivativesnoun And he's not through yet - according to the one-time waddler, he won't be satisfied until he's bare-chested and grinning on the cover of this magazine. Example sentencesExamples - There's no use darting over to the opposite side of the aisle because some other waddler is lumbering along from the opposite direction.
- While our waddlers, such as skunks, porcupines, raccoons and bears, often are not seen in the dead of winter, you may find their tracks after a late spring snow.
OriginLate 16th century: perhaps a frequentative of wade. Rhymescoddle, doddle, model, noddle, swaddle, toddle, twaddle Definition of waddle in US English: waddleverbˈwɑdlˈwädl no object, with adverbial of direction Walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion. 蹒跚而行；摇摇摆摆地行走 three geese waddled across the road 三只鹅摇摇摆摆地穿过公路。 Example sentencesExamples - He sneers at her approach and waddles forward to block her passage.
- I can't remember the last time I was in a zoo; I vaguely recall penguins waddling past me when I was not much taller than they were.
- Long queues into the car parks and hundreds of people waddling around with ‘sale’ bags in their hands.
- Laughing, he opened the door and lumbered up to her, the shorter man waddling behind him.
- She was nearly as wide as she was tall, and waddled like a duck when she walked.
- On a recent day, the squawking penguins were busily finding partners, preparing nests and waddling about the mating grounds.
- By half seven we were out of the door, heading for the bus stop, Lauren waddling in her short denim skirt and knee-length boots.
- So, waddling as fast as she could after the waitress, she ordered onion rings - something appropriate to go with the ketchup, of course.
- Sue has been busy this week rescuing a swan that crash landed on the Lechlade road and another that was waddling down Station Road.
- Perhaps because they can only waddle from their TV sofa to their car and back again.
- As the bus meanders on, ducks waddle across the golf course and red cows and calves amble along the roads.
- Two large white geese waddled across our path in leisurely fashion.
- So I presume the airline will set a weight ceiling and make everyone who waddles up to the check-in counter step on a scale - probably the baggage scale.
- As customers mill about, James waddles up the store's main aisle in search of a white dress shirt for his wedding this Saturday.
- Black, brown, orange, yellow, must be a few thousand fluffy little birds, waddling determinedly away from the train that passes noisily above them.
- The toddler waddles freely into a neighbourhood yard.
- Just then a short man waddled out of a nearby doorway, barely squeezing through.
- Now that the main character has a fat belly and can't do anything except waddle around buying baby clothes, the show is guaranteed to be non-stop action and drama.
- There's a stiff breeze coming off the Indian Ocean and the surfies are clustered in groups, waddling around in their wetsuits like hipster penguins.
- Of course, if we carry on putting on weight as we have been doing, we will all be waddling around in extremely baggy clothes before long.
Synonyms toddle, dodder, wobble, totter, shamble
nounˈwɑdlˈwädl A waddling gait. 摇摆的步伐，蹒跚的步态 我蹒跚而行。 Example sentencesExamples - After a moment, the turtle creeps out of its shell and resumes its waddle across the highway.
- Walking is starting to have a slight waddle quality to it.
- All the idiosyncrasies for which he was known within his homeland, the hesitant mannerisms and trademark waddle, do not look quite so loveable in the world at large.
- We had a walk, or rather a brisk waddle, in the morning, then cold turkey and home-made chutney by the fire for lunch.
- One observer compared his action to a duck waddle.
- It is rather a celebration of birds in flight (or in waddle, in the case of the flightless penguins), as close to their majestic surroundings as possible.
- A sore back explains his painful-looking waddle to the coffee shop.
- There's the small head on top of the inflated body - and the waddle.
- Even Viktor's stooped, pot-bellied waddle eventually resolves itself into a hearty stride.
- Children may walk with toes pointed in or walk with a waddle.
- He walked, well I'd like to say walked but it was more of a waddle, to the door and turned the shiny brass doorknob.
- This initially affects the muscles of the buttocks and legs, and causes a characteristic waddle when walking.
- Without tipping at the shoulders, concentrate on shifting your weight from one skate to the other between each waddle.
- With a series of ungainly steps, clumsy lunges, and eventually a kind of painful waddle, he made his way to the phone.
- How come the fashion industry is still peddling the image of six-footer, stick-insect girl models with that funny cross-over catwalk waddle?
- Zack was fascinated with the baby geese, laughing at their ungainly waddle, watching them as they foraged through the grass.
- They attempted to stifle their chuckles and hide their amused smiles as Suna moved towards their table in the manner that could only be described as a waddle.
- Perhaps Krishnan senior's ponderous waddle on the court could be excused.
- In this form, they manage a penguin-style waddle toward the camera.
- The athletic spring that had once been in my step had slid disgracefully into a slothful waddle and I was metamorphosing into a thirty-something marshmallow instead.
OriginLate 16th century: perhaps a frequentative of wade. |