To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles
walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and the weight shifting from one foot to the other
To waddle somewhere means to walk there with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side. A person or animal that waddles usually has short legs and a fat body. McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window. to walk with short steps, with your body moving from one side to another - used especially about people or birds with fat bodies and short legs waddle off/down/over etc (wade)