noun
Meaning 1
A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
toddle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒdəl/
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General-American: /ˈtɑdəl/
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General-American: [ˈthɑɾɫ̩]
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homophone: tottle (flapping)
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rhymes with -ɒdəl
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CMU ARPABET: T AA1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To walk or travel in a carefree manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There he was, just toddling along.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
walk unsteadily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- small children toddle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: щапукам (štapukam) — walk unsteadily
- Bulgarian: мандахерцам се (mandahercam se) — walk unsteadily
- Catalan: tentinejar — walk unsteadily
- French: chanceler — walk unsteadily
- German: watscheln — walk unsteadily
- German: patschen — walk unsteadily
- Ido: trotetar — walk unsteadily
- Italian: trotterellare — walk unsteadily
- Persian: تاتی کردن (tâti kardan) — walk unsteadily
- Polish: chodzić niepewnie — walk unsteadily
- Russian: ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ) — walk unsteadily
- Russian: идти́ шата́ясь (idtí šatájasʹ) — walk unsteadily
- Russian: идти́ неве́рной похо́дкой (idtí nevérnoj poxódkoj) — walk unsteadily
- Spanish: tambalearse — walk unsteadily
- Tagalog: umampang — walk unsteadily
- Tagalog: umampang-ampang — walk unsteadily
- Tamil: தத்து (tattu) — walk unsteadily
- Welsh: trotian — walk unsteadily
- Bulgarian: шляя се (šljaja se) — to walk in a carefree manner
- Bulgarian: миткам (mitkam) — to walk in a carefree manner
- German: schlendern — to walk in a carefree manner
- German: flanieren — to walk in a carefree manner
- German: trullern — to walk in a carefree manner
- Polish: dreptać — to walk in a carefree manner
- Polish: przechadzać się — to walk in a carefree manner