Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stammer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To stammer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK, dialect To
stammer .
Etymologies
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Compare famble and maffle.
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Examples
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While the "colleagues" fret and faffle about global warning, this is in the here and now and, as all the experts are saying, it ain't getting better.
It ain't getting better Richard 2007
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While the "colleagues" fret and faffle about global warning, this is in the here and now and, as all the experts are saying, it ain't getting better.
Archive 2007-12-01 Richard 2007
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The family event features ice cream, pizza, arts and crafts and dancing for kids, Irish music by the Mike Reynolds Band, Irish step dancers and free faffle for adults.
tbtabby commented on the word faffle
Verb: To stutter or mumble.
October 3, 2008