toddle
pronunciation
How to pronounce toddle in British English:
UK [ˈtɒdl]
How to pronounce toddle in American English:
US [ˈtɑdl]
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- Verb:
- walk unsteadily
Word Origin
- toddle (v.)
- "to run or walk with short, unsteady steps," c. 1600, Scottish and northern British, of uncertain origin, possibly related to totter (1530s); an earlier sense of "to toy, play" is found c. 1500. Related: Toddled; toddling.
Example
- 1. Children as young as two toddle in and climb the stairs .
- 2. To move with a waddling motion ; toddle .
- 3. Why don 't you just toddle home , then ?
- 4. The baby has just learned to toddle .
- 5. We watched the little boy toddle up purposefully to the refrigerator .