waddle

WOTD – 29 January 2009    

English

Etymology

First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɒd.əl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɑ.dəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdəl
• Rhymes: -ædəl

Noun

waddle (plural waddles)

1. A swaying gait.

Verb

waddle (third-person singular simple present waddles, present participle waddling, simple past and past participle waddled)

1. (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Translations

To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side

• Czech: kolébat (cs) se
• Dutch: waggelen (nl)
• Finnish: vaappua (fi)
• French: se dandiner (fr)
• German: watschelnder Gang (de) m

• Japanese: よたよた歩く (ja) (yotayota aruku), よちよち歩く (ja) (yochiyochi aruku)
• Russian: ходить вразвалку
• Slovene: racati (sl)
• Spanish: anadear (es)
• Turkish: badi badi/paytak paytak yürümek (tr)

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