toddle
/ˈtɒdəl/US/ˈtɑdəl/
toddle verb: to walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
Verb
toddle (third-person singular simple present toddles, present participle toddling, simple past and past participle toddled)
- To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
- Rory would never have believed that his half-hour had been a twelvemonth, "did not the calves grown now into stots, and the new-born babes now toddling about the house, at length convince him that in his single reel he had danced for a twelvemonth and a day."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 387
- To walk or travel in a carefree manner.
- There he was, just toddling along.
- So off we toddled, Marjorie, Holt, and I, in a growler, — spotted the crib in less than no time, — invited ourselves in by the kitchen window — house seemed empty.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
Noun
toddle (plural toddles)
- A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll.
toddle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
toddle in Tamil
- walk unsteadily
- தத்து tattu
toddle in Urdu
- بچے کی چال, بچے کی طرح چلنا, گھومنا
toddle in Malayalam
- teeter, totter, wobble
- പിച്ചനടക്കുക, കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളെപ്പോലെ പിച്ചവച്ചു നടക്കുക, തത്തുക, പിച്ചവയ്ക്കുക, പിച്ചകളിക്കുക, പിച്ചവച്ചുനടക്കുക
- potter, amble, wander
- ഉലാത്തുക, മെല്ലെ നടക്കുക, ചുവടുവയ്ക്കുക, മന്ദഗമനം ചെയ്ക, ചുറ്റുക, അലസമായി ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക
toddle in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯಿಟ್ಟು ನಡೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- toddle in Tagalog
- umampang, umampang-ampang
- toddle in Persian
- تاتی کردن tâti kardan
Synonyms of toddle
Forms of toddle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | toddles |
| present participle | toddling |
| past participle | toddled |
| past | toddled |
| Noun | |
| plural | toddles |
Origin of toddle
Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter.
Words formed from toddle
Words that rhyme with toddle
Questions about toddle
- What does toddle mean?
- Toddle means to walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
- What is toddle in Tamil?
- Toddle in Tamil is தத்து (tattu). See Toddle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is toddle?
- Toddle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce toddle?
- Toddle is pronounced /ˈtɒdəl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of toddle?
- The past tense of toddle is toddled.
Words near toddle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toddle (page history and authors); toddle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); toddle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); toddle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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