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
- 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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