waddled
past simple and past participle ofwaddle
waddle
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈwɒd.əl/us/ˈwɑː.dəl/(usually of apersonoranimalwithshortlegsand afatbody) towalkwithshortsteps,movingthebodyfrom onesideto the other:
Theduckswaddled down to theriver.
Ashort,fatwaiterwaddled over.
Compare
toddle
totter
- Thepenguinswaddled ontheirrocksandswamintheirpool.
- Thedoorjingledand anelderlyfemalecustomerwaddled in.
- Choosing akeyfrom aringwhichhunground hisfatwaist, theguardwaddled past anumberofcells.
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- dodder
- dodderer
- doddery
- have two left feetidiom
- hobble
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- shuffle
- squeeze
- stumble
- toddle
- toil
- totter
- tottering
- trip(someone)up
Examplesofwaddled
waddled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It smelled,waddledand dove for fish like a duck.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He has turned his back andwaddledaway from them, and he will not be forgiven for doing that.
From the
Hansard archive
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The following day, during lunch, another waiter opened a tureen, and to his surprise, all the duckswaddledout.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This explanation would cover sightings of lake-monsters on land, during which the creature supposedlywaddledinto the loch upon being startled, in the manner of seals.
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- the rights and wrongs
- the-rights-and-wrongs
- the right stuff
- the-right-stuff
- the right wing
- the-right-wing
- the right/wrong/other way around
- therm
- thermal
- thermal barrier
- thermal barrier coating
- thermal bath
- thermal blanket
- thermal-blanket
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- thermal capacity
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- thermal conduction
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