Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To walk with short, unsteady steps.
- v. To walk leisurely; stroll.
- n. An unsteady gait.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To walk feebly; walk with short, tottering steps, as a child or an old man: said especially of children just beginning to walk.
- Synonyms See waddle.
- n. The act of toddling; an uncertain gait with short or feeble steps.
- n. A walk taken in a toddling fashion, as by a child or an invalid; loosely, a careless stroll.
- n. A toddler.
Wiktionary
- v. To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
- v. To walk in a carefree manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
- n. A toddling walk.
WordNet 3.0
- v. walk unsteadily
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I mean, this is the First World War and no one’s going anywhere, but Toklas and Stein toddle off to the passport office and Stein talks the officials into a corner and the next thing you know, they’re arriving in Palma.”
The Autobiography of Mister Litlove « Tales from the Reading Room
“Lady Molesworth and I have not begun to "toddle" yet, but have exchanged affectionate greetings.”
“Parents will also be advised to encourage their babies to "toddle" as soon as they can and to avoid sugary snacks in a drive to cut obesity.”
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“A short toddle into the danger zoneTweens: Cooler than ever, but is childhood lost?”
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“All these are men who have decided that they're not quite ready to commit and women should just toddle off and do their own thing and take that strange ticking noise with them.”
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“But the littlest of the little ones are the worst, the ones who crawl or toddle along unsteady on little feet until they're out of sight in the crowd.”
“Then why don't you toddle on over to Allen and Unwin, click on "Read an Extract" (under "More About This Book") and download yourself the PDF!”
“You might learn in time to stand on your own legs, and perhaps to toddle along a bit.”
“He had been my father's servant before I could toddle, and after my father's death”
“April 19th, 2010 at 3: 43 pm ebbAndflow says: rosie red meet Romartin16985 – now the two of you toddle off and play nice.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘toddle’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
( open list, randomness, descriptive )
related:
http://www.wordnik.co...creep, crawl, plod, slouch, idle, lumber, tiptoe, bend, amble, mosey, saunter, loiter and 117 more...
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CCle
all those wonderful Britsy words that end with a double consonant followed by 'le'
doddle, bobble, dibble, whiffle, waffle, diddle, piddle, jiggle, straggle, boggle, fiddle, skeedaddle and 125 more...
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The Secret Garden
sickly, fretful, toddle, cross, stammer, manor, slink, grind, disdain, imploringly, wring, wailing and 30 more...
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Noodle and such
noodle, ladle, middle, model, muddle, addle, paddle, piddle, dreidel, toddle, poodle, streudel and 16 more...
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, T
torquate, thalassocracy, toothsome, travois, tempestuous, tone, tincture, tripwire, tether, trill, tenacious, travesty and 355 more...
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silverthread's Words
kerfuffle, ponder, hither, thither, persnickety, manhandle, fondle, snarky, trundle, truffle, fluffy, mangle and 90 more...
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do the locomotion
Ways of walking, running, skipping, etc. Not included: assisted locomotion (riding, driving, boating). These verbs should more or less fit the paradigm: She _______ (her way) into/out of/through/ar...
stagger, stumble, dart, dash, run, walk, mince, sashay, strut, stride, move, go and 108 more...
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Tunie: The Devil and the Feathery Wife
Recorded by Martin Carthy.
Now there was an old farmer lived over the hill
And a poor old fellow they say
He was plagued by a scolding wife
The worst misfortune that day<...demons, dwell, quail, damned, hiss, steam, navel, tea, feathers, barrel, stark naked, droppings and 27 more...
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indiekitten's Words
comely, resistentialism, truncated, lugubrious, bleary, tine, ramification, ruminate, athleticism, abstemious, clavicle, bookkeeper and 6 more...
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Manners of Moving
amble, stroll, stride, saunter, parade, toddle, scamper, clamber, slink, scuff, slip, skitter and 18 more...
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