Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to waddle
Participle: waddled
Gerund: waddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | waddle |
| you | waddle |
| he;she;it | waddles |
| we | waddle |
| you | waddle |
| they | waddle |
Perfect
| I | have waddled |
| you | have waddled |
| he;she;it | has waddled |
| we | have waddled |
| you | have waddled |
| they | have waddled |
Past
| I | waddled |
| you | waddled |
| he;she;it | waddled |
| we | waddled |
| you | waddled |
| they | waddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had waddled |
| you | had waddled |
| he;she;it | had waddled |
| we | had waddled |
| you | had waddled |
| they | had waddled |
Future
| I | will waddle |
| you | will waddle |
| he;she;it | will waddle |
| we | will waddle |
| you | will waddle |
| they | will waddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have waddled |
| you | will have waddled |
| he;she;it | will have waddled |
| we | will have waddled |
| you | will have waddled |
| they | will have waddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | waddle |
| you | waddle |
| he;she;it | waddle |
| we | waddle |
| you | waddle |
| they | waddle |
Perfect
| I | have waddled |
| you | have waddled |
| he;she;it | have waddled |
| we | have waddled |
| you | have waddled |
| they | have waddled |
Imperfect
| I | waddled |
| you | waddled |
| he;she;it | waddled |
| we | waddled |
| you | waddled |
| they | waddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had waddled |
| you | had waddled |
| he;she;it | had waddled |
| we | had waddled |
| you | had waddled |
| they | had waddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would waddle |
| you | would waddle |
| he;she;it | would waddle |
| we | would waddle |
| you | would waddle |
| they | would waddle |
Perfect
| I | would have waddled |
| you | would have waddled |
| he;she;it | would have waddled |
| we | would have waddled |
| you | would have waddled |
| they | would have waddled |
Imperative
| you | waddle |
| we | Let's waddle |
| you | waddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'waddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'waddle'
addle,
daddle,
faddle,
maddle,
paddle,
raddle,
saddle,
swaddle,
twaddle,
widdle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to walk with short steps," 1592, frequentative of wade. The noun is recorded from 1691.
2. 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”).
3. First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400.
Sample Sentences
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The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash. [1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:]
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Now, on the bright side, things weren't all bad; they had commendably-thick belt armor, which was 12 inches thickness, and they had a very large number of subdivided watertight compartments, which would make them very durable. Due to their being quite fat, they could also turn very quickly, even if they were waddling along by the end of the turn. [2018 December 19, Drachinifel, 4:55 from the start, in SMS Nassau - Guide 007 (Human Voice), archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:]