Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waddle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waddling}.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[ae]dlian to beg, from
wadan to go. See {Wade}.]
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to
the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily
and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child
waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. --Shak.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through
it. [R.] --Drayton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
waddle
n : walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and
the weight shifting from one foot to the other
v : walk unsteadily, as of small children [syn: {toddle}, {coggle},
{totter}, {dodder}, {paddle}]
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