WADDLE


Meaning of WADDLE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a duck waddles (= walks moving its body from side to side )

Ducks were waddling across the grass.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

off

He then waddled off and hung his head in a corner.

The priest staggered to his feet and waddled off with an air of drunken disdain.

over

Cranston glared back at him and waddled over .

Sergeant Wootton waddled over to acknowledge Blanche, his thighs almost splitting the trousers of his suit.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A small, white-backed lizard waddled and hopped across the hot gypsum, moving away from us.

Half a dozen geese waddled up the bank.

I remembered her waddling to the cupboard for the bottle when I was eased into bed.

If pushed, it will reluctantly and rather crossly waddle down the beach and take refuge in the sea.

The cafe door groaned open and Tuppe waddled in.

Two auks, blinking, waddled foolishly across the ledge.

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