toddle

verb

Definition of toddlenext
as in to totter

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Recent Examples of toddle On this trip back to the mountain village, children and chickens toddle around, and Elba scrubs laundry in an outdoor basin. — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The sight of hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings toddling their way down to the lapping ocean waves is the surest way to take your breath away. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025 As players cleared the court, Ares could be seen with his mom, toddling across the hardwood with a basketball in hand, chasing after loose balls and even giving dribbling a try before his dad scooped him up. — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2025 The cost of transport while flying works out to be about 36, but just 14 while crawling, meaning that the robot is more than twice as efficient while toddling along on the ground. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2016 See All Example Sentences for toddle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
  1. totter
  2. lurch
  3. stumble
  4. flounder
  5. shake
  6. falter
  7. waver
Verb
  • Like a lot of us who tottered into consciousness in the second half of the 20th century, Les Claypool grew up with cartoons from the family television beaming into his retinas.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Outside, a gull tottered to the window and tapped its beak against the glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of totter
Verb
  • Republicans see Democrats lurching to the left and embracing socialism as an opening to link their opponents to the far more radical communism.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Markets have lurched up and down as oil prices shot higher because of the war with Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lurch
Verb
  • Pochettino was hired in 2024 to right the ship after the men's team stumbled in a crucial tournament in the run-up to this summer's World Cup.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Facebook stumbled out of the gate and trended lower for months before bottoming at less than half its IPO price.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of stumble
Verb
  • Apple has also had commercial disappointments, like the Vision Pro headset, and floundered on its Siri assistant.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • Since their pursuit of RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande floundered — with Real Madrid now entering talks to sign the 19-year-old — France international Bradley Barcola has been Liverpool’s top target.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of flounder
Verb
  • The heat now poses an additional danger to residents still shaken by the quake, many of whom are sleeping in their cars after their homes were damaged or destroyed.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Chad Gable and Penta shook hands as Gable’s family watched from ringside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of shake
Verb
  • Extreme heat is redefining electricity as emergency infrastructure, pushing grids to their limits as demand soars and supply falters.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Two decades’ worth of Chinese investments in research and foreign policy are coming into bloom, Osnos writes, at the same moment that America is faltering on the world stage.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of falter
Verb
  • My love of mangoes has never wavered, following me into my adulthood.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There, Mary presses the child’s face deep into her own with a pressure that wavers between grief and affection.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of waver

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