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toddler

[ tod-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who toddles, especially a young child learning to walk.


toddler

/ ˈtɒdlə /

noun

  1. a young child, usually one between the ages of one and two and a half
  2. modifier designed or suitable for a toddler

    toddler suits



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Derived Forms

  • ˈtoddlerˌhood, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of toddler1

First recorded in 1785–95; toddle + -er 1

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Example Sentences

When my oldest child was a toddler, I treated illuminated screens like plutonium.

The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?

Even the most enterprising toddler would have a hard time swallowing one.

She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.

Robbie Howell abducted his wife and their toddler across state lines.

Dalgard had known Sssuri since he was a toddler and the other a cub coming to see the wonders of dry land for the first time.

That was a brave name, truly, for a flaxen-haired toddler; but the mountaineers love sonorous and stately names.

There was nothing he might not do in the future, having already done the biggest thing, this toddler up club-steps to-day.

You see, my mother died a long while ago; I was just a toddler then; and my father married again.

The woman stood a step outside the door, a baby in her arms, another toddler holding fast to her skirt.

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