WAFFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waffle mean? 

• WAFFLE (noun)
  The noun WAFFLE has 1 sense:

1. pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

  Familiarity information: WAFFLE used as a noun is very rare.

• WAFFLE (verb)
  The verb WAFFLE has 1 sense:

1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

  Familiarity information: WAFFLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAFFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("waffle" is a kind of...):

cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waffle"):

Belgian waffle (thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce)

• WAFFLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they waffle    ... he / she / it waffles   
Past simple: waffled   
Past participle: waffled   
-ing form: waffling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

hesitate; waffle; waver

Context example:

Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures

"Waffle" entails doing...:

doubt (lack confidence in or have doubts about)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "waffle"):

dwell on; linger over (delay)

boggle (hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear)

hover; linger (move to and fro)

hover; oscillate; vacillate; vibrate (be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action)

falter; waver (be unsure or weak)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

waffler (someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner)