Verb
waddler \ ˈwäd-lər , ˈwä-dᵊl-ər \ noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Verb
Recent Examples on the Web
//When the ramp descended, out waddled one black pig, which sniffed around curiously before 79 others disembarked.
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Carolyn Jung, SFChronicle.com, "For the first time, Spain’s prized Iberian pigs being raised in California," 22 Oct. 2019
//Our goose can do the aforementioned honk and also waddle — more of a try-not-to-love me sashay, actually — and use a nimble, elongated neck to pry radio wires free or hide under a table.
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Los Angeles Times, "What to play: ‘Untitled Goose Game’ gives us the rebel superhero we need — a goose," 28 Sep. 2019
//This is BeeJay, a 26-pound (!!!) tabby from the Philadelphia's Morris Animal Refuge who waddled to internet fame after the shelter posted photos in the hopes of someone adopting him.
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Aj Willingham, CNN, "A baby in Parliament, a new cat celebrity and the most wholesome choir ever," 24 Aug. 2019
//Playing to those with mouth sound ASMR triggers, this video features different turtles waddling up to a microphone to nosh on the food held beside the gadget.
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Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "Turtle ASMR Is Here With All the Tingly, Soothing Chomps You Need to Relax," 22 Aug. 2019
//More than 20 bird species, including colonies of puffins, the sight of them waddling over the rocks makes for a delightful photo — live around the cliffs.
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Shivani Vora, Washington Post, "Skip the much-visited Irish cliffs for taller, less-touristed crags," 15 Aug. 2019
//Life on land On land, penguins have an upright stance and tend to waddle, hop, or run with their bodies angled forward.
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Elissa Nuñez, National Geographic, "Penguins," 16 Aug. 2019
//Shingleback lizards, with shiny black scales resembling medieval armor and garish blue tongues, waddled onto the road.
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David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019
//Atlantic puffins, with their colorful beaks and waddling walks, are one of New England’s best recognized seabirds.
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Patrick Whittle, The Denver Post, "Puffins fill up nesting islands this year despite challenges," 5 Aug. 2019
//Throughout the number, the canned plant waddles like a curious infant learning her own body.
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Los Angeles Times, "‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in Pasadena: Secrets of a radically reconceived Audrey II," 17 Oct. 2019
//For the waddle: Cut a small pieces of licorice in a L shape and stick one on a side of the nose.
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Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, "How to Make the Cutest Thanksgiving Cake Pops," 28 Aug. 2019
//Mace said rangers managed to extract the birds from under the store’s freezer and put them in a special nesting box on the harbor, which is about a 200-meter (660-foot) waddle from the store.
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Washington Post, "Nesting penguins can’t resist lure of New Zealand sushi shop," 18 July 2019
//Crowe doesn't impersonate Ailes so much as inhabit him, from his padded waddle to his thunderous bouts of anger.
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Brian Lowry, CNN, "'The Loudest Voice' makes noise with damning portrait of Roger Ailes," 26 June 2019
//As penguins squawk in the background and waddle around on small ridges, Boehme and his team look for seals to tag with sensors that will track the layer of warm water that’s thought to be melting Thwaites.
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Stephen Witt, WIRED, "Fitted With Sensors, Antarctic Seals Track Water Temperatures," 25 June 2019
//Their striking appearance and jaunty waddles spark endless fascination among wildlife watchers and zoogoers alike.
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National Geographic, "How penguins show their smarts," 25 Apr. 2019
//Think about it: a plastic flamingo donning a waddle and autumnal plumage could cause someone to mistake it for an actual turkey.
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Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, "You Can't Be In A Fowl Mood After Seeing These Thanksgiving Flamingos," 28 Sep. 2018
//Each time a turtle reached the water — after a 25-yard waddle down the beach — onlookers cheered until its hind flippers slipped out of sight.
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Emily Williams, BostonGlobe.com, "Five loggerhead sea turtles return to ocean after 6 months at aquarium hospital," 3 July 2018
First Known Use of waddle
Verb
1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1691, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for waddle
Verb
frequentative of wade
Dictionary Entries near waddle
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofwaddle
to move forward while swaying from side to side
- the duck waddled back into the water
- we watched the penguins waddle over the ice together
- barge,
- blunder,
- clomp,
- clump,
- flounder,
- galumph,
- lumber,
- lump,
- pound,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- stamp,
- stomp,
- stumble,
- tramp,
- tromp
More Definitions forwaddle
: to walk with short steps while moving from side to side like a duck
: to walk with short steps swaying like a duck
: a way of walking by taking short steps and swaying from side to side