waddle
IPA: wˈɑdʌɫ
noun
- A squat, swaying gait.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
- (intransitive) To move slowly.
Examples of "waddle" in Sentences
- Small, rotund and bespectacled, walking with what might be described as a waddle, Dominick never looked or felt remotely intimidating.
- On the final chorus, everyone knew to let him take over, and take over he did, stretching the final yonder out until his waddle was the color of Jesus 'wound in the stain glass over the choir loft.
- They sport strange growths on their neck and faces that even have odd names: the waddle is the loose skin on the neck and the snood is the fleshy protuberance that grows from the forehead and dangles over the beak.