toddler
noun/ˈtɑdlɚ/US/ˈtɒdlə/UK
Etymology
From toddle (“to walk unsteadily”) + -er – literally “one who walks unsteadily”, hence a young child.
Definitions
A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one…
A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.
- I can't believe Vanessa's baby is now a toddler already!
One unsteady on their feet.
- He is sixty-five years old if he is a fortnight, while the girl has only just done with her dolls,and hos no more love for the toothless old toddler than I have for Mammy Wombat, the black gin.
The neighborhood
- synonymankle-biter
- synonymcrumb crusher
- synonymcrumb snatcher
- synonymleg biter
- synonympreschooler
- synonymrugrat
- synonymsproglet
- synonymsquirt
- synonymtoddler
- synonymtot
- synonymtyke
- neighbortoddle
- neighbortoddling
- neighborcruising
- neighborchild
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for toddler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA