toddles

Moves on unsteady legs

Toddles is the third-person singular of toddle, meaning to walk with short, unsteady steps like a young child just learning to walk: The baby toddles across the room.

By extension, it can describe a casual, unhurried departure: She toddles off to bed around nine.

infant

baby

Very young child

  • wobblesUnsteady side-to-side movements
  • waddlesRocks while walking
  • stepsSequential actions in process

walks · stumbles · teeters · cruises · first steps · diapers · nursery · playpen · sippy cup · onesie

gait

waddles

Rocks while walking

potters · moseying · strolls · saunters · dawdles · wobbles · unsteady · teetering · lurching · waddling

casual

drops by

Visits briefly, unannounced

heads off · ventures · meanders · saunters · goes along · ambles · potters · tootles · jaunts · rambles

Opposites
gait speed and confidence

toddlesstrides

Extended, confident steps

marches · sprints · runs · dashes · races

movement maturity and control

toddlesstrides

Extended, confident steps

marches · struts · saunters · glides · prowls

Phrases
Family

toddler, toddlers, toddle, toddling, toddled

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G