Words that rhyme with faddle

v 1: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle] 2: become rotten; "addled eggs"

adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle]

n 1: an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws [syn: bradawl, pricker]

n 1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" 2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens 3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

n 1: a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached

n 1: small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games 2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel 3: an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board 4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat [syn: paddle, boat paddle] v 1: propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around] 3: swim like a dog in shallow water 4: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle] 5: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank, paddle, larrup] 6: stir with a paddle

n 1: a seat for the rider of a horse or camel 2: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle] 3: cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins 4: a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe 5: a seat for the rider of a bicycle [syn: bicycle seat, saddle] 6: posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl v 1: put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" [ant: offsaddle, unsaddle] 2: load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" 3: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden]

n 1: powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster [syn: spackle, spackling compound]

n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position 2: a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars 3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] 4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options v 1: sit or stand astride of 2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle] 3: be noncommittal

n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle] 2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]

n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate]

n 1: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student" 2: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: rigging, tackle] 3: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] 4: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle" 5: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground v 1: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: undertake, tackle, take on] 2: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle] [ant: unharness] 3: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

n 1: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 2: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

v 1: remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts" [syn: unsaddle, offsaddle] [ant: saddle]

n 1: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another [syn: Tower of Babel, Babel] 2: a confusion of voices and other sounds

n 1: a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking [syn: ruddle, reddle, raddle] v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: raddle, ruddle] 2: mark or paint with raddle

n 1: a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked

adv 1: on or as if on a sidesaddle; "she rode sidesaddle" n 1: a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse

n 1: a hasty flight v 1: run away, as if in a panic