| Main Entry: | waddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk like a duck |
Synonyms: |
rock, shuffle, sway, toddle, totter, wiggle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with faltering step |
Synonyms: |
clump, dodder, falter, flag, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, scuff, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, walk lamely |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily, clumsily |
Synonyms: |
barge, clump, galumph, lump, plod, shamble, shuffle, slog, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
Antonyms: |
glide |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
be unsteady, dangle, fishtail, flicker, fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rock, sway |
Synonyms: |
billow, drift, flow, glide, heave, incline, jibe, lean, lumber, lurch, pitch, ramble, range, reel, roam, rove, run, stagger, stray, surge, swagger, swing, toss, tumble, undulate, waddle, wallow, wave, welter, yaw |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, steady |
| Main Entry: | toddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk unsteadily |
Synonyms: |
patter, stalk, totter, waddle, wobble |
| Concept: | [Repeated and protracted sounds] Roll. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
roll; drumming; berloque, bombination, rumbling; tattoo; dingdong; tantara; rataplan; whirr; ratatat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari, racket; cuckoo; repetition; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation.
-verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate., hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat., drum in the ear, din in the ear.
-adjectives
rolling; monotonous (repeated); like a bee in a bottle.
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