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  • 11waddle — ► VERB ▪ walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion. ► NOUN ▪ a waddling gait. ORIGIN perhaps related to WADE(Cf. ↑wade) …

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  • 12waddle — [wäd′əl] vi. waddled, waddling [freq. of WADE] 1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side, as a duck does 2. to move clumsily with a motion like this; toddle n. the act of waddling or a waddling gait waddler n …

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  • 13Waddle — Christopher „Chris“ Roland Waddle (* 14. Dezember 1960 in Heworth bei Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England) ist ein ehemaliger englischer Fußballspieler der 1980er und 1990er Jahre. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Sportlicher Werdegang 2 Sonstiges …

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  • 14waddle — UK [ˈwɒd(ə)l] / US [ˈwɑd(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms waddle : present tense I/you/we/they waddle he/she/it waddles present participle waddling past tense waddled past participle waddled to walk with short steps that make your body move… …

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  • 15waddle — wad|dle [ˈwɔdl US ˈwa:dl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: wade] to walk with short steps, with your body moving from one side to another used especially about people or birds with fat bodies and short legs waddle off/down/over etc ▪ Half a dozen… …

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  • 16waddle — [[t]wɒ̱d(ə)l[/t]] waddles, waddling, waddled VERB To waddle somewhere means to walk there with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side. A person or animal that waddles usually has short legs and a fat body. [V prep/adv] McGinnis… …

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  • 17waddle — I. intransitive verb (waddled; waddling) Etymology: frequentative of wade Date: 1592 1. to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side 2. to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle • waddler noun II. noun …

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  • 18waddle — verb Waddle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑duck, ↑goose …

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  • 19waddle — verb (I) to walk with short steps, swinging from one side to another like a duck (+ along/around etc): Julie came waddling up the path, eight months pregnant. waddle noun (singular) …

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  • 20waddle — verb after seven weeks in a hospital bed, it s normal to waddle a bit Syn: toddle, dodder, totter, wobble, shuffle; duckwalk …

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