Definition of waffly in English English dictionary
- Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech)
- {s} in an evasive manner; with vague or nonsensical words (in speech or writing)
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- To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim
The whole thing ended suddenly when the hotel manager arrived. He waffled on for a bit; this settled everyone down.
- waffle
- A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern
The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.
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- To smash
Bednarik, however, says the play became legendary only because of the circumstances. I did it to the top honcho. He just happened to be there and the pass was thrown to him. I waffled him cleanly. He just cold-cocked Frank, said linebacker Bob Pellegrini, whose injury sent Bednarik into the game to play defense.
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- A Potato waffle, a savory flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern
- waffle
- 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.
- waffle
- To speak or write vaguely and evasively
Again the answer was waffled, for this did not say that no air units had been alerted. Only that none had been identified. Moreover, the reply concerned air unit as opposed to air craft.
- waffle
- To vacillate
He waffles between loving the movie and hating it, depending on who's asking.
- waffle
- 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.
- waffle
- To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence
You get anything useful on the background checks?” ¶ He waffled his hand. “Nothing like what you brought back, but still some interesting notes. ”.
- waffle
- Pancake batter cooked in a special hinged cooking utensil called a "waffle iron" which cooks both sides at once and gives waffles their honeycombed syrup-catching surface Belgian waffles are often heaped with fruits and whipped cream
- waffle
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
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- disapproval If you say that someone waffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points. My wife often tells me I waffle There was some bloke on the phone waffling about an airline ticket. Waffle on means the same as waffle. Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on Waffle is also a noun. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle
- waffle
- An edible baked item whose shape led to the outsole of many inedible Nike sneakers Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman invented the design
- waffle
- (WAHF-fuhl) - A crisp, pancake-like batter product that is cooked in a specialized iron that gives the finished product a textured pattern, usually a grid Also a special vegetable cut which produces a grid or basket weave pattern
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- a figured structure based on the piqué weave, which is often associated with the appearance of a honeycomb
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- If someone waffles on an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it. He's waffled on abortion and gay rights He kept waffling and finding excuses not to close the deal. = waver
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- To speak or write waffle; to equivocate
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- {f} use vague or nonsensical words (in speech or writing)
- waffle
- pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
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- A waffle is a kind of square cake made of batter with squares marked on it. Waffles are usually eaten with syrup poured over them
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- A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer
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- Stitch used in KNIT goods to produce a series of square waffle-like designs
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- A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron
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- {i} batter cake prepared in a waffle iron; wafer; vague or nonsensical words
