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waddly

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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, esp. a waddling gait.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see wade, -le; cf. G watteln


waddler, noun
wad⋅dling⋅ly, adverb
waddly, adjective
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