To sway or rock from side to side in walking; move with short, quick steps, throwing the body from one side to the other; walk in a tottering or vacillating manner; toddle.Synonyms Waddle, Toddle. Waddling is a kind of ungainly walking produced by the great weight or natural clumsiness of the walker; toddling is the movement of a child in learning to walk.To tread down by wading or waddling through, as high grass.n. The act of walking with a swaying or rocking motion from side to side; a clumsy, rocking gait, with short steps; a toddle.A dialectal form of wattle.n. The wane of the moon.