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The definition of a waffle is a battercake which is cooked in an iron form that gives it a deep grid pattern.

(noun)

An example of a waffle is a square cake eaten for breakfast with grooves that hold butter and maple syrup.

Waffle describes something with a grid pattern.

(adjective)

An example of waffle is a thick grid pattern on a winter tee shirt; a waffle pattern.

Waffle is defined as to go back and forth on an opinion in speaking or writing.

(verb)

An example of waffle is telling a restaurant server you want "the beef, no the chicken, no the beef, no the chicken."

See waffle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

a batter cake like a pancake but crisper, baked in a waffle iron, which gives it a gridlike surface

Origin: Du wafel, akin to OHG waba, honeycomb, OE wefan, to weave

adjective

having a surface like that of a waffle

also waffled

intransitive verb waffled, waffling

to speak or write in a wordy, vague, or indecisive manner

Origin: orig., to yelp < echoic waff, to yelp

noun

Chiefly Brit. wordy, vague, or indecisive talk or writing

See waffle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A light crisp battercake baked in a waffle iron.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch wafel

Origin: , from Middle Dutch wāfel; see webh- in Indo-European roots

verb waf·fled, waf·fling, waf·fles

verb, intransitive

To speak or write evasively.

verb, transitive

To speak, write, or act evasively about.

noun

Evasive or vague speech or writing.

Origin:

Origin: Probably frequentative of obsolete waff, to yelp

Origin: , probably of imitative origin

Related Forms:

wafˈfler noun

wafˈfling·ly adverb

wafˈfly adjective

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