Thesaurus results for WADDLING

waddling

verb

present participle of waddle

as in lurching

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 waddling Video footage from Levi’s Stadium shows people dressed as trees waddling onto the field and taking position before Bad Bunny's performance kicks off. —

Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026 Like, waddling-around, can't-see-your-feet, fifteen-chins fat. —

Gretchen Hansen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025 In an October 23 Instagram video posted by user @jenjinete, a tiny Shih Tzu puppy can be seen waddling onto the porch, tail wagging rapidly, as the mailman approaches to make the day's delivery. —

Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 More serious collectors may prefer waddling to the local Cars & Coffee with an earlier VW, recalling a kinder, gentler, and far slower-paced time than our present age. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025 But Seymour did not opt for the waddling bird in the hand. —

Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for waddling

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The two sides have been lurching toward this end for a while now.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Brant, who was elected in a special election in August, inherited an office already in disarray, in a county that has spent the past year lurching from one government crisis to the next.

— Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 19 Feb. 2026