waffle

waf·fle ¹  (wfl)

n.

A light crisp battercake baked in a waffle iron.

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[Dutch wafel, from Middle Dutch wfel; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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waffle ¹

Noun

a square crisp pancake with a gridlike pattern [Dutch wafel]

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waffle ² Informal, chiefly Brit, Austral & NZ

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

to speak or write in a vague and wordy manner

Noun

vague and wordy speech or writing [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	waffle - pancake batter baked in a waffle iron cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat Belgian waffle - thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce
Verb	1.	waffle - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" hesitate, waver dwell on, linger over - delay boggle - hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear hover, linger - move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" falter, waver - be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

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waffle

verb 1. (often followed by on) chatter, rabbit (on) Brit. (informal) babble, drivel, prattle, jabber, gabble, rattle on, verbalize, blather, witter on (informal) blether, run off at the mouth (slang) prate, earbash Austral., N.Z. (slang)

noun 2. prattle, nonsense, hot air (informal) twaddle, padding, prating, gibberish, jabber, verbiage, blather, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, bunkum or buncombe chiefly U.S. bizzo Austral. (slang) bull's wool Austral., N.Z. (slang)

Translations

waffle [ˈwɔfl] n (CULIN) → gofre m

vi → meter el rollo

waffle [ˈwɔfl] n (Culin) → gaufre f;

(inf) → rabâchage m; remplissage m

vi → parler pour ne rien dire; faire du remplissage

waffle [ˈwɔfl] n (Culin) → Waffel f;

(inf) (empty talk) → Geschwafel nt

vi (in speech etc) → schwafeln

waffle [ˈwɔfl] n (CULIN) → cialda;

(col) → ciance fpl; riempitivo

vi → cianciare; parlare a vuoto

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waffle

v waffle [ˈwofl]

to talk on and on foolishly, pretending that one knows something which one does not This lecturer will waffle on for hours. rommel, klets يَسْتَمِر بالكَلام بِغَباوَه مُدَّعِيا المَعْرِفَه дрънкам глупости žvanit vrøvle quasseln αερολογώ parlotear, hablar sin decir nada latrama پرت و پلا گفتن jaaritella parler pour ne rien dire לְפַטפֵּט बेवकूफी भरी बात lupetati mengoceh blaðra cianciare だらだらと話す 쓸데없는 말을 지껄여대다 paistyti runāt blēņas; kult tukšus salmus bercakap kosong wauwelen tørrprate, vrøvle palavrear a trăncăni, a pălăvrăgi болтать, воду лить tárať blebetati lupetati svamla, dilla พูดไร้สาระ boş boş konuşmak, zırvalamak 嘮叨，胡扯 верзти дурниці فضول بکواس کرنا chuyện dông dài 唠叨，胡扯

n

1 talk of this kind His speech was pure waffle. He has no idea what he's talking about. geklets كلامٌ مُسْتَمِر بِغَباوَه مع إدِّعاء المَعْرِفَه глупости žvanění vrøvl das Gequassel λόγια του αέρα palabrería loba پرت و پلا jaaritus verbiage פִּטפּוּט गप्पबाजी lupetanje (élet)erő ocehan blaður ciance むだ口 쓸데없는 말 paistalas blēņas; tukša runa cakap kosong gewauwel vrøvl, tørrprat ględzenie palavrório pălăvrăgeală пустая болтовня táranie blebetanje lupetanje svammel, dillande คำพูดที่คลุมเครือไม่ชัดเจน zırva 胡扯 безглуздя, нісенітниця فضول بکواس câu chuyện dông dài 胡扯