Waddle

Noun

 * 1) A swaying gait.

Verb

 * 1)  To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Thesaurus
amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, claudicate, claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, droop, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, funeral march, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go slow, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, laze, leisurely gait, limp, lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mosey, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, poke, poke along, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along

Etymology
First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)

Verb

 * Czech: se
 * Finnish:
 * French: se dandiner
 * Japanese: よたよた歩く, よちよち歩く


 * Russian: ходить вразвалку
 * Slovene: racati
 * Spanish: anadear

Anagrams

 * dawdle