toddling

verb

present participle of toddle
as in stumbling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddling
  1. stumbling
  2. tottering
  3. floundering
  4. lurching
  5. shaking
  6. rocking
  7. wavering
  8. faltering
Verb
  • The teddy bears, the stumbling answers, the whole morning in the Cotillion was a mess.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Calhoun, who moved to Kansas City from Ames, Iowa, in 2016, started photography during the pandemic after stumbling across a photography video on YouTube.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of stumbling
Verb
  • In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Definition of tottering
Verb
  • None of it was ideal — not for the Phillies, floundering their way through April, or Bohm in his walk year.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But please, save us from the talking points around the 'Protect College Sports Act' that is currently floundering around the Senate.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of floundering
Verb
  • The United States, which had been lurching toward entry in the Second World War, was suddenly and inescapably thrust into global conflict.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Republicans see Democrats lurching to the left and embracing socialism as an opening to link their opponents to the far more radical communism.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of lurching
Verb
  • That afternoon, the president, inside the exposition’s ornate Temple of Music, greeted members of the public, shaking hands and warmly inviting them to explore the fair.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The handcuffs were taken off, and he was allowed to board, shaking with shock.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Additional photos from the trip show Lohan rocking a white tulle minidress with spaghetti straps and a subtle polka-dot pattern.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Heidi Klum is now rocking bare nails and showing how the trend works for long nails.
    — Paula Oelbaum, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of rocking
Verb
  • Usually hidden by the glare of our star, the ethereal corona and its pale, wavering streams of plasma are shaped by the sun’s magnetic field.
    — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But its machines need replacing, and the Federal Reserve is wavering on spending the money.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of wavering
Verb
  • Know More Saudi Arabia has been working on several measures in a bid to boost trading volumes on the stock exchange and reenergize new stock listings that had been faltering even before the Iran war spooked investors.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The same list of conditions is relevant to the debates about our faltering literacy.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of faltering
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“Toddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddling. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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