Wad·dle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling ]  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.
    She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace.   --Young.