— waddler , n. — waddlingly , adv. — waddly , adj.
/wod"l/ , v. , waddled, waddling , n.
v.i.
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.
n.
3. an act or instance of waddling, esp. a waddling gait.
[ 1350-1400; ME; see WADE, -LE; cf. G watteln ]