"toddle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɒdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toddles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|en|totter}} totter Head templates: {{en-noun}} toddle (plural toddles)
  1. A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll. Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-toddle-en-noun-eObX7pFL Disambiguation of Gaits: 67 13 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 6 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 10 24

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɒdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toddles [present, singular, third-person], toddling [participle, present], toddled [participle, past], toddled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒdəl Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|en|totter}} totter Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (walk unsteadily): щапукам (štapukam) (Bulgarian), tentinejar (Catalan), chanceler (French), watscheln (German), patschen (note: with bare feet) (German), trotetar (Ido), trotterellare (Italian), تاتی کردن (tâti kardan) (Persian), ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ) (Russian), идти́ шата́ясь (idtí šatájasʹ) (Russian), идти́ неве́рной похо́дкой (idtí nevérnoj poxódkoj) (Russian), tambalearse (Spanish), umampang (Tagalog), umampang-ampang (Tagalog), trotian (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-toddle-en-verb-RGmgsoZ9 Disambiguation of 'walk unsteadily': 90 10
  2. To walk or travel in a carefree manner. Translations (to walk in a carefree manner): schlendern (German), flanieren (english: exalted) (German), trullern [colloquial, regional] (German)
    Sense id: en-toddle-en-verb-r7UbTvCU Disambiguation of 'to walk in a carefree manner': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: totter Derived forms: toddler, toddle off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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