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 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 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 An intrepid sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is waddling his way into the hearts of tourists and locals who have flocked to San Francisco's Pier 39 for a glimpse of the massive pinniped. —

ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 The Quiet Tragedy of the Bottle-Fed Fawn Imprinting is one of those words people toss around casually, usually attached to baby ducks waddling after a researcher. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 Think penguins waddling back to the same partner each breeding season. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026 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

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As is Takal, clearly having fun with the film’s queasy, lurching atmospherics, abetted by the sparse, shivery, atonal chimes of Jonathan Goldsmith’s score, and the floating, disembodied feel of Robert Leitzell’s camerawork.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026
These are some of the heaviest grooves that Seefeel have created in ages, channeling lurching currents through intricate chains of dub delay.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026