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Definition of waddle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

waddle

verb

NAmE//ˈwɑdl//

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they waddle

he / she / it waddles

past simple waddled

-ing form waddling

to walk with short steps, swinging from side to side, like a duck A short plump man came waddling toward me.

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waddle noun [singular]

She walked with a waddle.See waddle in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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