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What does Waddle mean?

What does Waddle mean?

to walk with short steps
1 : to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side. 2 : to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle. waddle. noun.

What is the meaning of medal wadle?

(usually of a person or animal with short legs and a fat body) to walk with short steps, moving the body from one side to the other: The ducks waddled down to the river. A short, fat waiter waddled over. Compare. toddle.

Is waddle a walk?

To waddle is to walk with short steps swaying from one side to the other and with an unsteady gait. When a pregnant woman can’t walk steadily and sways from side to side, this is an example of when she waddles. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.

Is waddled a adjective?

Waddling is an adjective. The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

What does Twodle mean?

1a : silly idle talk : drivel. b : something insignificant or worthless : nonsense that idea is pure twaddle.

What is the meaning of stomp stomp?

1 : to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger stomped out of the office in a fit. 2 : stamp sense 2 stomped on the brakes. stomp. noun.

What type of verb is waddled?

verb (used without object), wad·dled, wad·dling. to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner; wobble: The ship waddled into port.

Why do I waddle when I walk?

A waddling gait happens because of weakness in your hip girdle and upper thigh muscles. To make up for the weakness, you sway from side to side and your hip drops with each step. It’s also called myopathic gait and can be caused by several conditions.

What part of speech is waddled?

intransitive verb
waddle

part of speech: intransitive verb
inflections: waddles, waddling, waddled
definition 1: to walk using short steps while rocking from side to side. The duck waddled into the pond. similar words: toddle
definition 2: to move slowly in a rocking or awkward manner. The old plane waddled off the runway into the air.

Is twaddle a bad word?

noun Idle, senseless talk; gabble; prosy nonsense. noun Perplexity; confusion. Grose, Dict. of Vulgar Tongue.

What is twiddle twaddle?

: empty chatter : twaddle.

What does stomp stand for?

stopping over medication of people with
STOMP stands for stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both with psychotropic medicines. It is a national project involving many different organisations which are helping to stop the over use of these medicines.