waffle

  1. Noun.  (countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.
  2. Noun.  (context, countable) A Potato waffle, a savory flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
  3. Verb.  To smash.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.
  5. Verb.  (context, of) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf ''wiffle'', ''whiffle''.
  6. Verb.  To speak or write vaguely and evasively.
  7. Verb.  To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.
  8. Verb.  To vacillate.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

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