waddle

Other forms of waddle

plural

waddles·

past tense

waddled·

present participle

waddling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about waddle

What does waddle mean?

waddle means "walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waddle?

waddle has 2 syllables: wad-dle. The stress falls on "wad". In IPA it is /ˈwɑdəl/.

What is another word for waddle?

Close synonyms include toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is waddle a common word?

waddle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.