Wad″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Waddling (?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade.] To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. Shak.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young.