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# toddle

«toddle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to walk with short, wobbly steps, the way a small child…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (toddle, toddles, toddled, toddling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To toddle is to walk with short, wobbly steps, the way a small child who has just learned to walk does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#m1)

2) Informally, to toddle somewhere means to walk or go there slowly and calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes babies and little children learning to walk; that is why they are called toddlers. Adults sometimes say «I'll toddle off now» in a joking, friendly way, meaning «I'll go». Phrases: «toddle along», «toddle off», «toddle over to».

### examples

- My baby brother toddled across the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x1)
- The little girl toddled after the ducks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x2)
- Babies usually start to toddle when they are about one year old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x3)
- Grandpa said he would toddle down to the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x4)
- The puppy toddled behind the toddler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x5)
- She toddled into the room holding her teddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: toddled, toddling. A «toddler» is a child who toddles, usually one to three years old. «Toddle off» is casual and friendly, not rude.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toddle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.