Waddling

Synonyms for "waddling" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

ambling cautious circumspect crawling creeping deliberate easy

Noun(5 words)

Strong matches (17)

faltering flaggingfoot draggingfooting footwork gentle gradual halting hiking hoofing idle indolent languid languorous lazy

Noun(2 words)

gait inefficient

Related words (29)

legwork leisurely limping lumbering marching moderate poking poky relaxed reluctant shuffling slack slothful slow sluggish staggering strolling tentative toddling tottering

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tramping trudging turtlelike unhurried walking

Noun(4 words)

ungainly unsteady waddle walk

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

behavior patterndevelopment gait locomotion movementmovement qualityprogress

More specific

9 entries

duck gaitduck walkglacial progressgoose waddlegradual progresslumbering gaitpenguin gaitpenguin waddleshort stride

Collocations

11 entries

animal gaitduck gaitpenguin gaitwaddling babywaddling behaviorwaddling gaitwaddling gait analysiswaddling infantwaddling motionwaddling penguinwaddling posture

Inflections

5 entries

more waddlingmost waddlingwaddled waddles waddlings

Derivations

3 entries

waddle waddler waddlingly

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The ducks are waddling around the pond.

Source: tatoeba (9501218)

the dastardly man who insolently compared the flights of a swan to the waddlings of the domestic duck

Source: wiktionary

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