toddle
nounEtymology Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter.
1
A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll.
toddle
verbUK /ˈtɒdəl/ · US /ˈtɑdəl/
Etymology Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter.
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.
- So off we toddled, Marjorie, Holt, and I, in a growler, — spotted the crib in less than no time, — invited ourselves in by the kitchen window — house seemed empty.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- Synonyms
- totter
- Derived terms
- toddlekins, toddle off, toddler