Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. waedlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade.]
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.
Shak.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace.
Young.
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Wad"dle, v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
[R.]
Drayton.
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