waffleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈwɒf.əl/us/ˈwɑː.fəl/disapprovingwaffle verb [ I ] (TALK)
UK to talk or write a lot without giving any useful information or any clear answers:
If you don't know the answer, it's no good just waffling (on) for pages and pages.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- expressive
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- whisper
- yap
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Writing & typing
waffle verb [ I ] (FAIL TO DECIDE)
US UK dither to be unable to make a decision:
I waffled a lot before finally deciding to take the job.
wafflenoun
uk/ˈwɒf.əl/us/ˈwɑː.fəl/waffle noun (CAKE)
[ C ] a type of bread or cake made from batter (= a thin mixture of milk, flour, and egg) cooked in a special pan whose surface forms a pattern of raised squares
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Pancakes & batter
- batter
- bhaji
- blini
- crepe
- crêpe Suzette
- egg roll
- flapjack
- fritter
- galette
- hotcake
- pakora
- pancake
- polenta
- spring roll
- toad-in-the-hole
- Yorkshire pudding
waffle noun (TALK)
[ U ] UK disapproving talk or writing that uses a lot of words but does not give any useful information:
"What did he say?" "Oh, it was a load of waffle - nothing important at all."