l verb (used without object)
1.
to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
noun
2.
the act of toddling.
3.
an unsteady gait.
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| —vb (foll by round, over, | |
| 1. | to walk with short unsteady steps, as a child does when learning to walk |
| 2. | jocular ( |
| 3. | jocular to stroll; amble |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act or an instance of toddling |
| [C16 (Scottish and northern English): of obscure origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
toddle
"to run or walk with short, unsteady steps," c.1600, Scottish and northern British, of uncertain origin, possibly a back-formation of toddler, or related to totter (1534); an earlier sense of "to toy, play" is found c.1500. Toddler "toddling child" is first recorded 1793.
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