WAFFLE

Waffle

A waffle is a leavened batter or dough cooked between two plates, patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of iron and recipe used, with over a dozen regional varieties in Belgium alone.

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waffle

Noun

  1. A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.
    The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.
  2. A , a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.
    This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.

Verb

  1. To smash.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.
    The geese waffled as they approached the water.
  2. To speak or write vaguely and evasively.
  3. To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.
  4. To vacillate.
    He waffles between loving the movie and hating it, depending on who's asking.
  5. To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.


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