Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light crisp cake made of batter and baked in a waffle iron.
- intransitive verb To be unable to make a decision; waver.
- intransitive verb To speak or write evasively.
- intransitive verb To speak, write, or act evasively about (something).
- noun Evasive or vague speech or writing.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Dutch wafel, from Middle Dutch wāfel; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably frequentative of obsolete waff, to yelp, probably of imitative origin.]
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