as in to stagger
to move forward while swaying from side to side
the duck waddled back into the water we watched the penguins waddle over the ice together
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Recent Examples of waddle
Colin Farrell, who waddled his way to considerable acclaim for his work as a classic DC villain in The Penguin, is in negotiations to return to the world of DC with Sgt.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Currently waddling around my house and hoping for the best.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Seven sea lions waddled off a boat and into their newfound home in the Pacific Ocean this morning after being rehabilitated by SeaWorld San Diego's rescue team.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Sure, there are cute ducks waddling around the encampment, but the groaning wind, dense forest, and unyielding mountains summon the series’ long-standing specter of pagan mysticism, as if the area were ruled by old gods who see the Wiskayok high-schoolers not as survivors but trespassers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Currently waddling around my house and hoping for the best.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Seven sea lions waddled off a boat and into their newfound home in the Pacific Ocean this morning after being rehabilitated by SeaWorld San Diego's rescue team.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Sure, there are cute ducks waddling around the encampment, but the groaning wind, dense forest, and unyielding mountains summon the series’ long-standing specter of pagan mysticism, as if the area were ruled by old gods who see the Wiskayok high-schoolers not as survivors but trespassers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waddle
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More than 80 tornadoes had been confirmed as of Monday morning, with areas of Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Virginia − where two deaths were reported − staggered by some of the worst damage, AccuWeather said.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Brown, his Superman strength sapped, mustered only five points in the second quarter, as Boston staggered to just 38 points as a team.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Juventus are lurching from one coach to the next with no real vision for the future, while the once-mighty AC Milan will miss out on Europe altogether next season and the likes of Fiorentina, Torino and Parma – all having won major trophies in the past – are shadows of their former selves.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Wednesday’s primetime debate between the leaders of the five main political parties in the Great North has changed its start time to avoid clashing with a hockey game that could lurch the Montreal Canadiens into this year’s NHL playoffs.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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The latest installment, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which hit theaters on May 23, continues the story set up in 2023's Dead Reckoning, weaving together elements from the previous seven films, for what is possibly the last Mission: Impossible movie.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The Shed describes The Brothers Size as a modern-day fable about two brothers in the Deep South that weaves in the rich storytelling tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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Dina Tomczak, the school’s athletic director, tottered into her office having barely slept.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The nation is tottering on the edge of dictatorship.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Deep in the bowels of State Farm Stadium, Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson and a group of his players shuffled into a concrete-walled space that had been converted into a makeshift press conference room.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
16 May 2025
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“Waddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waddle. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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