waffling
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waf·fle 1
(wŏf′əl)n.
A light crisp cake made of batter and baked in a waffle iron.
waf·fle 2
(wŏf′əl) Informalv. waf·fled, waf·fling, waf·fles
v.intr.
1. To be unable to make a decision; waver: He waffled over whether to ask for a raise.
2. To speak or write evasively: "The secretary waffled when she asked to see the dean" (Rita Mae Brown).
v.tr.
To speak, write, or act evasively about (something).
n.
Evasive or vague speech or writing.
[Probably frequentative of obsolete waff, to yelp, probably of imitative origin.]
waf′fler n.
waf′fling·ly adv.
waf′fly adj.
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