Very fat people waddle when they walk, though few of them realize it.
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Waddle
//ˈwɑd.əl//
Synonyms for "waddle" (116 found)
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Translations
36 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- патешко ходене noun (swaying gait)
- клатя се като патица verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Czech
1 entries- kolébat se verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Dutch
1 entries- waggelen verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Esperanto
1 entries- anaspaŝi verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Faroese
1 entries- vappa verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Finnish
2 entries- vaapunta noun (swaying gait)
- vaappua verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
French
1 entries- se dandiner verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Galician
1 entries- tordear verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
German
3 entries- Watscheln noun (swaying gait)
- watschelnder Gang noun (swaying gait)
- watscheln verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Greek
2 entries- παραπατώ verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- πηγαίνω σαν πάπια verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Hungarian
2 entries- totyogás noun (swaying gait)
- totyog verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Italian
1 entries- ondeggiare verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Japanese
2 entries- よたよた歩く verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- よちよち歩く verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Māori
2 entries- mānānana verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- parepare verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Polish
1 entries- taśtać verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Romanian
2 entries- mers legănat noun (swaying gait)
- merge legănat verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Russian
2 entries- перева́ливаться verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- ходи́ть вразвалку verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Slovene
1 entries- racati verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Spanish
4 entries- andadura de ánade noun (swaying gait)
- anadear verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- dar traspiés verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
- tambalearse verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Swedish
2 entries- vaggande noun (swaying gait)
- vagga verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Turkish
1 entries- badi badi/paytak paytak yürümek verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ходити перевальцем verb (to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Penguins look strange when they waddle on land, but the way they swim so smoothly through the water is pretty cool.
Source: tatoeba (1528074)
Today, a record 109 puffin pairs waddle about peaceably on Eastern Egg Rock, living amid terns and laughing gulls, whose shrieks pierce the sky.
Source: tatoeba (10820392)
There's a sense of joy in the evening, as newborn turtles wriggle out of their nest and waddle to the ocean to begin their lives.
Source: tatoeba (11040923)
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