Synonyms for puddle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puhd-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌd l

Définition of puddle

Origin : early 14c., "small pool of dirty water," frequentative or diminutive of Old English pudd "ditch," related to German pudeln "to splash in water" (cf. poodle). Originally used of pools and ponds as well.

noun pool

Example sentences :

You're in the middle of a puddle now, but when you get over dreaming I'd like to mop it up.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

He had been lying in a puddle, and, like little Fay, he preferred "a dly place."
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

His grey hair was straggling into the puddle around his head.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

The "pond" was a puddle, perhaps twenty feet across, left by the outgoing tide.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

As for the Princess, she was as happy as a duck in a puddle.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

His soft nose had been cut between his teeth and the far edge of the puddle.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

I floundered around in that puddle for about two minutes, and then I got up.
Extract from : « The Blunders of a Bashful Man » by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

Cried myself to a puddle when I first came, but I like it now.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

It loosened its claws and dropped with a splash into the puddle of water.
Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove » by Laura Lee Hope

You are so tiny you might easily fall into a puddle and drown.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed

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