Meaning of "toddle" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TODDLE

(Scottish and northern English): of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TODDLE

toddle  [ˈtɒdəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TODDLE

Toddle is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb toddle in English.

WHAT DOES TODDLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Toddler

A toddler is a child between the ages of one and three. The toddler years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development. The word is derived from "to toddle", which means to walk unsteadily, like a child of this age.

Definition of toddle in the English dictionary

The first definition of toddle in the dictionary is to walk with short unsteady steps, as a child does when learning to walk. Other definition of toddle is to depart. Toddle is also foll by round, over, etc to stroll; amble.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TODDLE

PRESENT

Present

I toddle

you toddle

he/she/it toddles

we toddle

you toddle

they toddle

Present continuous

I am toddling

you are toddling

he/she/it is toddling

we are toddling

you are toddling

they are toddling

Present perfect

I have toddled

you have toddled

he/she/it has toddled

we have toddled

you have toddled

they have toddled

Present perfect continuous

I have been toddling

you have been toddling

he/she/it has been toddling

we have been toddling

you have been toddling

they have been toddling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I toddled

you toddled

he/she/it toddled

we toddled

you toddled

they toddled

Past continuous

I was toddling

you were toddling

he/she/it was toddling

we were toddling

you were toddling

they were toddling

Past perfect

I had toddled

you had toddled

he/she/it had toddled

we had toddled

you had toddled

they had toddled

Past perfect continuous

I had been toddling

you had been toddling

he/she/it had been toddling

we had been toddling

you had been toddling

they had been toddling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will toddle

you will toddle

he/she/it will toddle

we will toddle

you will toddle

they will toddle

Future continuous

I will be toddling

you will be toddling

he/she/it will be toddling

we will be toddling

you will be toddling

they will be toddling

Future perfect

I will have toddled

you will have toddled

he/she/it will have toddled

we will have toddled

you will have toddled

they will have toddled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been toddling

you will have been toddling

he/she/it will have been toddling

we will have been toddling

you will have been toddling

they will have been toddling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would toddle

you would toddle

he/she/it would toddle

we would toddle

you would toddle

they would toddle

Conditional continuous

I would be toddling

you would be toddling

he/she/it would be toddling

we would be toddling

you would be toddling

they would be toddling

Conditional perfect

I would have toddle

you would have toddle

he/she/it would have toddle

we would have toddle

you would have toddle

they would have toddle

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been toddling

you would have been toddling

he/she/it would have been toddling

we would have been toddling

you would have been toddling

they would have been toddling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you toddle
we let´s toddle
you toddle

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to toddle

Past participle

toddled

Present Participle

toddling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TODDLE

Find out the translation of toddle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of toddle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toddle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 蹒跚学步
• Translator English - Spanish: toddle
• English: toddle
• Translator English - Hindi: डगमगाना
• Translator English - Arabic: دارى
• Translator English - Russian: Toddle
• Translator English - Portuguese: toddle
• Translator English - Bengali: টলিতে টলিতে চলা
• Translator English - French: trottiner
• Translator English - Malay: Toddle
• Translator English - German: toddle
• Translator English - Japanese: よちよち歩く
• Translator English - Korean: 아장 아장 걷다
• Translator English - Javanese: Toddle
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dáng đi
• Translator English - Tamil: நிலை தடுமாறி நட
• Translator English - Marathi: मूर्ख माणूस
• Translator English - Turkish: tıpış tıpış yürümek
• Translator English - Italian: toddle
• Translator English - Polish: dreptać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Toddle
• Translator English - Romanian: toddle
• Translator English - Greek: πάω βόλτα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: trippelen
• Translator English - Swedish: toddle
• Translator English - Norwegian: toddle

2 QUOTES WITH «TODDLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word toddle.

1

Cherie Lunghi

I ski every three years or so. I don't have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I'll happily toddle about a green or blue run.

2

Billy Strayhorn

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TODDLE»

Discover the use of toddle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toddle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Toddle Waddle

A happy toddler takes a walk at the seaside and is soon joined by a troop of human and animal friends who wander along with a variety of sounds from clip clop and slurp slurp to ting-a-ling, splish splash, and chitter chatter.

Julia Donaldson, 2012

Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle: A Journey ...

As a new parent, Nicholas Day had some basic but confounding questions: Why does my son find the straitjacket of his swaddling blanket comforting and not terrifying?

Nicholas Day, 2013

Toddle on Over: Developing Infant and Toddler Literature ...

Offers planning tips and different program "formulas," and includes fifty-three thematic programs on various topics

Robin Works Davis, 1998

Toddle Island

derived, because it evidently had not originated in Toddle Island, and it seemed to me a few centuries ahead of them, both in beauty of expression and in comprehensiveness of thought. When the service was over, Professor Planet came up to ...

Dennis Hird

The Riverside Magazine for Young People

For a day or two Winthrop's eyes, made worse by the jouruey, kept him a close prisoner in a darkened room; and in sympathy for him, Toddle quite forgot her own troubles. They talked of them, though, and Wintlirop declared he should find out ...

Horace Elisha Scudder, 1870

Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices

HE CAN TODDLE HIS LANE. Oor wee baby brither, the pride 0' his mither, His daddie's ain treasure, an' licht 'o oor hame, Has filled us wi' pleasure by his brave endeavour To start on life's journey an' toddle his lane, To toddle his lane, toddle  ...

D.H. Edwards, 1888

Toddle House

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Toddle House was a national restaurant chain in the United States specializing in breakfast and open 24/7.

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

Apache: The Definitive Guide

fopen: No such file or directory httpd: could not open error log file <path to site. toddle>site.toddle/var/httpd/log/ error_log you need to add the line: ErrorLog logs/ error_log to ...conf/httpd.conf. If, having done that, Apache fails to start and you get ...

Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie, 2003

Toddle the Turtle Travels to Town

Little Toddle the Turtle, lost in the park, Will he find a home or will he remain in the dark?

Felecia C White, 2007

Ebony

Toddle. Down. Sesame. Street'. Entertainment as well as learning is stressed on imaginative new program. Here "Listen My Brother," a new singing group, rehearses for an appearance before the preschool set. Because the show, above all, ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TODDLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toddle is used in the context of the following news items.

Black Country mum organises charity 'big toddle'

The toddle will take place at Baggeridge Country Park on August 8 and Rebecca has called for as many under fives as possible to take part in the half mile event ... «Stourbridge News, Jul 15»

Pavilion Gardens sponsored toddle raises cash for charity

They joined the staff from Rhyme and Reason Day Nursery for a sponsored one-hour toddle around the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, so far raising £730 for the ... «Buxton Advertiser, Jun 15»

South Shields tots toddle out to help children's charity

The Big Toddle is Barnardo's biggest fundraising events for under fives. ... Anyone can host a Big Toddle event in aid of Barnardo's, whether you're a nursery, ... «Shields Gazette, Jun 15»

Join Barnardo's Big Toddle and raise money for children

Most people organising their own event do so around the publicised time; although you can have your own Toddle at any time of the year, when it best suits you. «Liverpool Echo, Jun 15»

Tom set to toddle as six hour operation is a success

After launching our 'Help Tom Toddle' campaign, generous Observer readers rallied behind Tom and raised thousands of pounds towards the Jenkinson's ... «Bognor Regis Observer, Jun 15»

Youngsters' one mile Ferryhill toddle raises more than £900 for …

YOUNGSTERS joined parents and nursery staff to toddle one mile to raise more than £900 to help to tackle autism. Members of the Child's Play Private Nursery, ... «The Northern Echo, May 15»

Labour TD attacks Enda Kenny for telling Paul Murphy to 'toddle along'

A government backbencher has launched a scathing attack on Taoiseach Enda Kenny for telling Socialist TD Paul Murphy to "toddle along" to an Irish Water ... «Irish Independent, May 15»

Dáil suspended as Kenny tells Paul Murphy to 'toddle along'

The Taoiseach told him to “toddle along” to a meeting later this afternoon with Irish Water who would answer any questions he wanted. He had earlier accused ... «Irish Times, May 15»

Dáil suspended as Kenny tells TD to 'toddle along'

Dáil suspended as Kenny tells Paul Murphy to 'toddle along' · May 13, 2015Taoiseach accuses TD of thinking he's Caesar, tells Ruth Coppinger 'where to go'. «Irish Times, May 15»

Ooh arr you ready for the Big Toddle?

The Big Toddle fundraising walk for under-fives is back and the theme is 'pirates'. Dress up and 'walk the plank' – or a half-mile path with friends and family to ... «Arbroath Herald, May 15»