waddle

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• UK: /ˈwɒd.əl/
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• US: [ˈwɑɾ.ɫ̩]
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From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”). First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: патешко ходене (pateško hodene) — swaying gait
• Finnish: vaapunta — swaying gait
• German: watschelnder Gang — swaying gait
• German: Watscheln — swaying gait
• Hungarian: totyogás — swaying gait
• Romanian: mers legănat — swaying gait
• Spanish: andadura de ánade — swaying gait
• Swedish: vaggande — swaying gait
• Bulgarian: клатя се като патица (klatja se kato patica) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Czech: kolébat se — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Czech: jít kolébavě — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Dutch: waggelen — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Esperanto: anaspaŝi — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Faroese: vappa — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Finnish: vaappua — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• French: se dandiner — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Galician: tordear — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• German: watscheln — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Greek: πηγαίνω σαν πάπια (pigaíno san pápia) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Greek: παραπατώ (parapató) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Hungarian: totyog — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Italian: ondeggiare — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Japanese: よたよた歩く (yotayota aruku) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Japanese: よちよち歩く (yochiyochi aruku) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Māori: mānānana — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Māori: parepare — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Polish: taśtać — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Romanian: merge legănat — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Russian: ходи́ть вразвалку (xodítʹ vrazvalku) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Russian: перева́ливаться (pereválivatʹsja) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Slovene: racati — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Spanish: tambalearse — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Spanish: dar traspiés — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Spanish: anadear — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Swedish: vagga — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Turkish: badi badi/paytak paytak yürümek — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
• Ukrainian: ходити перевальцем (xodyty perevalʹcem) — to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side