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waffle

/ˈwɑf.əl/noun, verb2 syllables

Waffle means: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.

Synonyms for waffle17

verb, as in pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

hesitate, waver

also used for waffle

babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, chatter, chinwag, beat around the bush, whiffle, blow hot and cold, bat the breeze, carp

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What does waffle mean?2

verb

1

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”

noun

1

pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with waffle?1

two syllables

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Waffle in a sentence

  • I recommend giving it to them straight, don't waffle your way around the subject.fcbond
  • I really need to eat some waffles, stat!BlueLagoon
  • He doled out the waffle batter with a large soup spoon.darinmex
  • He never knew how to make a waffle.rul
  • I didn't understand a word of that incoherent waffle.araneo
  • Pour us a coffee and bring us the stuffed waffles!Hybrid
  • Do you want me to make you waffles?CK
  • Do you want us to do waffles or crepes?sejb

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Forms of waffle

as a noun

plural
waffles

as a verb

past tense
waffled
present participle
waffling
third-person singular
waffles
past participle
waffled