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单词 poddle
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poddlev.

Brit. /ˈpɒdl/, U.S. /ˈpɑd(ə)l/
Forms: 1800s podle (Scottish), 1800s– poddle.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: paddle v.1
Etymology: Variant of paddle v.1 Perhaps compare toddle v. 2, doddle v. 2.
colloquial (chiefly English regional).
intransitive. To walk with slow, short, or unsteady steps; to proceed in a dawdling or uncoordinated manner; to waddle, toddle, potter. Sometimes with adverb, as about, along, etc. Cf. paddle v.1 4.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with short unsteady steps
toddle?1590
paddle1606
dade1612
diddle1632
daddle1710
dacker1817
tottle1822
tot1824
poddle1827
1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 69 The ruddy child, nursed in the lap of care,..Beside its mother poddles o'er the land.
1842 C. Ridley Let. 5 Mar. in U. Ridley Cecilia (1958) vii. 89 I..spend a great deal of time in poddling about the garden.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. x. 109 I am uncommonly fond of ducks..and it is a fine sight to behold them walk, poddling one after other.
1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. i. i. 13 When the two lawyers were out o' sight, grandad bolted the bit he were a-chewing and poddled up to his neighbour.
1976 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! I. 59 Eh wer poddlin' along wi'aht a care int wold!
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 24 July (Sport section) 4 It was a contented man who poddled off down the fairway to find his ball and hit it again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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