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waddled

[wod-l] Origin

wad·dle

[wod-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
2.
to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble: The ship waddled into port.
noun
3.
an act or instance of waddling, especially a waddling gait.

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Waddled is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see wade, -le; compare German watteln

wad·dler, noun
wad·dling·ly, adverb
wad·dly, adjective
un·wad·dling, adjective
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waddle
"to walk with short steps," 1592, frequentative of wade. The noun is recorded from 1691.
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