Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian
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.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her
pace.
Young.
Wad"dle, v. t. To trample or tread down,
as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.
Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian
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.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her
pace.
Young.
Wad"dle, v. t. To trample or tread down,
as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.
