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Definitions and meaning of waffle

waffle

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒf.l̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑf.l̩/, [ˈwɑf.ɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɒfəl
• Hyphenation: waf‧fle

Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre.

The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron.

Noun

waffle (plural waffles)

1. (countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

2. (countable, British) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
3. (construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
4. (textiles, chiefly attributively) A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.

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Verb

waffle (third-person singular simple present waffles, present participle waffling, simple past and past participle waffled)

1. (transitive, slang) To smash (something).
   • 1997, Bill Conlin, Kevin Kerrane (editor), "Batting cleanup, Bill Conlin", page 121:

     These were not the Cowboys who were waffled, 45–14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off [...]

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Etymology 2

The verb is borrowed from Scots waffle (“to waver, flap, flutter”), from waff (“to wag, wave; to flap, flutter”) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix). Waff is derived from Early Scots waff (“signal; gust of wind; glimpse; a flapping, waving”), from Northern Middle English wafe, waffe, a variant of waven (“to move to and fro, sway; to stray, wander; (figuratively) to follow a weaving course; (figuratively) to vacillate, waver; to move something to and fro, wave”) (whence wave), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to sway; to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”).

Regarding sense 5 (“to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point”), compare Old English wæflian (“to talk foolishly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to babble, chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *baba- (“to talk vaguely; to mumble”). The Oxford English Dictionary does not derive the English word waffle from this Old English word. Compare also Dutch wauwelen (“to linger, waffle, jabber, gab, chat”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

waffle (third-person singular simple present waffles, present participle waffling, simple past and past participle waffled)

1. (intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely.

   Synonym: beat around the bush
2. (intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.

   Synonym: whiffle

3. (intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
4. (intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.

   Synonym: blow hot and cold
5. (transitive, intransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prattle
6. (transitive) To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.

Derived terms

• waffler
• waffling (adjective, noun)

Translations

Noun

waffle (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chatter

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Etymology 3

Possibly from waff (“(dialectal) to bark, woof”) (imitative of a dog’s yelp) + -le (diminutive or frequentative suffix).

Verb

waffle (third-person singular simple present waffles, present participle waffling, simple past and past participle waffled)

1. (intransitive, British, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.

Noun

waffle (plural waffles)

1. (British, dialectal) The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.

See also

• wuffle

References

Further reading

• waffle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• waffle slab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English waffle.

Pronunciation

Noun

waffle m or f (plural waffles)

1. waffle (type of flat pastry)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• wafle (less frequent spelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English waffle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝afle/ [ˈw̝a.fle], /ˈbafle/ [ˈba.fle]
• Rhymes: -afle

Noun

waffle m (plural waffles)

1. (Latin America) waffle (type of flat pastry)

   Synonym: (Spain) gofre

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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