waddle
waddle is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
- noun. walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
"ducks walk with a waddle"
- verb. walk unsteadily
"small children toddle"
Synonyms
coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, totter
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in waddle:
Common word forms
waddled, waddler, waddles, waddling
Words from these letters
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