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Meaning
Noun
●
In Cakes and pastries & Desserts:
A
flat
pastry
pressed
with a
grid
pattern
, often
eaten
hot with
butter
and/or
honey
or syrup.
●
In British English, Cakes and pastries & Desserts:
In
full
potato
waffle
: a
savoury
flat
potato cake
with the same
kind of
grid
pattern.
●
In Construction:
A
concrete
slab
used in
flooring
with a
gridlike
structure of
ribs
running
at right angles to
each other
on its underside.
●
In Textiles:
A type of
fabric
woven
with a
honeycomb
texture.
●
(Often
lengthy
)
speech
or
writing
that is
evasive
or
vague
, or pretentious.
●
In British English:
The
high-pitched
sound
made by a
young
dog
; also, a
muffled
bark.
Verb
●
To
smash
(something).
●
To
speak
or
write
evasively
or vaguely.
●
Of a
bird
: to
move in
a
side-to-side
motion
while
descending
before landing.
●
In Aviation & Road transport:
Of an
aircraft
or
motor vehicle
: to
travel
in a
slow
and
unhurried
manner.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
To be
indecisive
about something; to
dither
, to
vacillate
, to waver.
●
Often
followed by
on: to
speak
or
write
(something)
at length
without any
clear
aim
or point; to ramble.
●
To
hold
horizontally
and
rotate
(one's
hand
)
back and forth
in a
gesture
of
ambivalence
or vacillation.
●
In British English:
Of a
dog
: to
bark
with a high
pitch
like a
puppy
, or in
muffled
manner.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Chatter
Whiffle
Prattle
Beat Around The Bush
Blow Hot And Cold
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Rhymes
Offal
Waffle
Falafel
Quaffle
Fawaffle
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