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Definition of Toddle

1. Verb. Walk unsteadily. "The children toddle to the playground"; "Small children toddle"

Definition of Toddle

1. v. i. To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

2. n. A toddling walk.

Definition of Toddle

1. Verb. To walk unsteadily, as a small child does. ¹

2. Verb. To walk in a carefree manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toddle

1. to walk unsteadily [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toddle

Literary usage of Toddle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Riverside Magazine for Young People by Horace Elisha Scudder (1870)
"UI don't know," said toddle, who hardly understood the magnitude of a. hundred dollars. u But I thought all the time I should have such a Lit. ..."

2. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"NE. dade move slowly or with uncertain steps, toddle, NE. dial. daddle walk slowly; dawdle, saunter, trifle; walk unsteadily; waddle; walk with short steps, ..."

3. The Cheery Book by William Melville Kerr (1898)
"toddle and Dawdle, two sweet little things— Are darling earth-angels ... toddle has gold in his hair ; and his eyes Are tinged with the blues of some ..."

4. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1888)
"HE CAN toddle HIS LANE. Oor wee baby brither, the pride o' his mither, ... life's journey an' toddle his lane, To toddle his lane, toddle his lane, ..."

5. National Kindergarten Manual: Containing Practical Model Lessons by Mrs. Louise Pollock (1888)
"The following little song explains itself; the words and melody are taken from Lady Baker's plays and songs : "toddle up, toddle down, oh, there he goes! ..."

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