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toddles

toddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toddle.

toddles is the plural of toddle.

Meaning of toddle

Verb

toddle (third-person singular simple present toddles, present participle toddling, simple past and past participle toddled)

  1. 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
  2. To walk or travel in a carefree manner.
    • There he was, just toddling along.

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Noun

toddles pl (plural only)

  1. (endearing, plural, plural-only, slang) A child or toddler.

Phrases with toddles

Questions about toddles

What does toddles mean?
Toddles means a child or toddler.
What is toddles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Toddles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toddle.
What part of speech is toddles?
Toddles is a noun.

Words near toddles in the dictionary

  1. toddlers
  2. toddlership
  3. toddlerspace
  4. toddlerswear
  5. toddlerwear
  6. toddles
  7. toddles off
  8. toddleskin
  9. toddling
  10. toddling off
  11. toddlings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toddles (page history and authors); toddle (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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