waddle

To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.

To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.

A swaying gait.

The act of walking with a swaying or rocking motion from side to side; a clumsy, rocking gait, with short steps; a toddle.

To sway or rock from side to side in walking; move with short, quick steps, throwing the body from one side to the other; walk in a tottering or vacillating manner; toddle.

Synonyms Waddle, Toddle. Waddling is a kind of ungainly walking produced by the great weight or natural clumsiness of the walker; toddling is the movement of a child in learning to walk.

To tread down by wading or waddling through, as high grass.

A dialectal form of wattle.

The wane of the moon.

To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.