Thesaurus results for WADDLE

waddle

verb

ˈwä-dᵊl

Definition of waddle

as in to stagger

to move forward while swaying from side to side the duck waddled back into the water we watched the penguins waddle over the ice together

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Recent Examples of waddle Once considered delightfully kitschy relics of suburban Americana, porch geese are waddling their way back into the spotlight. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026 Once all of the ducklings were tucked into the basket, the animals were carried to a nearby canal, with their mother waddling behind them. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 Partway up the trail, three penguins waddled past, entirely unbothered by the humans who stepped aside for them, and then belly-slid into the freezing water. — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026 The only telltale sign of what lies below the surface is a metal set of stairs, leading into the icy blue channel, and small groups of divers and snorkelers waddling across the gravel paths in full gear. — Carinne Geil Botta, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for waddle

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This proposal establishes staggered 18-year terms of active service, allowing every president to appoint exactly two justices per term.

— Dale V.C. Holness, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Clay Lockhart staggered back to his house, shoulders bent under the weight of grief and the work of digging.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2026

Definition of stagger

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Adams’ shoulders lurched on the bench, while Richards fell to his knees, dug his afro into the grass, and closed his eyes in pain.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Once, somewhere in southern Virginia, Dad performed the customary lurch off the highway in the direction of a promising barbecue counter.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of lurch

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The hotel’s design concept weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, an homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1894, then abandoned in the 1940s, and ultimately restored by Marriott.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
For around 20 minutes, the pilot weaved his cheeky confession in clear loops above the Dee estuary, leaving an unmistakable signature in the sky.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of weave

Verb

In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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