toddle
tod·dle
(tŏd′l)intr.v. tod·dled, tod·dling, tod·dles
1. To walk with short, unsteady steps.
2. To walk leisurely; stroll.
[Origin unknown.]
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toddle
(ˈtɒdəl)vb (intr)
1. to walk with short unsteady steps, as a child does when learning to walk
2. (foll by off) jocular to depart
3. jocular (foll by: round, over, etc) to stroll; amble
n
the act or an instance of toddling
[C16 (Scottish and northern English): of obscure origin]
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tod•dle
(ˈtɒd l) v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.
1. to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child.
n.2. the act of toddling.
3. an unsteady gait.
[1490–1500; perhaps to (tter) + (wa) ddle]
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toddle
Past participle: toddled
Gerund: toddling
| Imperative |
|---|
| toddle |
| toddle |
| Present |
|---|
| I toddle |
| you toddle |
| he/she/it toddles |
| we toddle |
| you toddle |
| they toddle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I toddled |
| you toddled |
| he/she/it toddled |
| we toddled |
| you toddled |
| they toddled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am toddling |
| you are toddling |
| he/she/it is toddling |
| we are toddling |
| you are toddling |
| they are toddling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have toddled |
| you have toddled |
| he/she/it has toddled |
| we have toddled |
| you have toddled |
| they have toddled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was toddling |
| you were toddling |
| he/she/it was toddling |
| we were toddling |
| you were toddling |
| they were toddling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had toddled |
| you had toddled |
| he/she/it had toddled |
| we had toddled |
| you had toddled |
| they had toddled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will toddle |
| you will toddle |
| he/she/it will toddle |
| we will toddle |
| you will toddle |
| they will toddle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have toddled |
| you will have toddled |
| he/she/it will have toddled |
| we will have toddled |
| you will have toddled |
| they will have toddled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be toddling |
| you will be toddling |
| he/she/it will be toddling |
| we will be toddling |
| you will be toddling |
| they will be toddling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been toddling |
| you have been toddling |
| he/she/it has been toddling |
| we have been toddling |
| you have been toddling |
| they have been toddling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been toddling |
| you will have been toddling |
| he/she/it will have been toddling |
| we will have been toddling |
| you will have been toddling |
| they will have been toddling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been toddling |
| you had been toddling |
| he/she/it had been toddling |
| we had been toddling |
| you had been toddling |
| they had been toddling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would toddle |
| you would toddle |
| he/she/it would toddle |
| we would toddle |
| you would toddle |
| they would toddle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have toddled |
| you would have toddled |
| he/she/it would have toddled |
| we would have toddled |
| you would have toddled |
| they would have toddled |
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Translations
يَدْرُج، يَمْشي بِخُطى قَصيرَةً
batolit se
stolpre omkring
totyog
vappa, kjaga
kas strapinėjanetvirtai eitipradedantis vaikščiotistrapinėti
čāpotnedroši spert soļus
batoliť sa
tıpış tıpış yürümek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
toddle
vi
(inf: = walk) → gehen; (= leave: also toddle off) → abzwitschern (inf); well, I’d better be toddling (off) → ich zwitschere wohl besser mal ab (inf); could you just toddle down to the shops and … → könntest du mal zu den Geschäften runtergehen und …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
toddle
(ˈtodl) verb(especially of a very young child) to walk unsteadily. The child is toddling.
ˈtoddler nouna very young child (who has just begun to be able to walk).
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