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faddle

English

Etymology

Compare fiddle, fiddle-faddle.

Verb

faddle (third-person singular simple present faddles, present participle faddling, simple past and past participle faddled)

  1. To trifle; to toy.
  2. (Britain, dialect) To fondle; to dandle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Synonyms

  • (to trifle): fiddle
  • (to fondle): dawt, grope, pettle, tiddle; see also Thesaurus:fondle

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waddle

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wadlen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade +? -le. Compare Old High German wadal?n (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”).First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?w?d.?l/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?w?d.?l/, [?w??.??]
  • Rhymes: -?d?l
  • Rhymes: -æd?l

Noun

waddle (plural waddles)

  1. A squat, swaying gait.
    the waddle of a duck

Translations

Verb

waddle (third-person singular simple present waddles, present participle waddling, simple past and past participle waddled)

  1. (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Dewald, dawdle, dwaled, walded

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