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waffling

Main Entry:: ²waffle
Function:: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: waf·fled; waf·fling \-f(ə-)liŋ\
Etymology:: frequentative of obsolete woff to yelp, of imitative origin
Date:: 1868

1: equivocate , vacillate <waffled on the important issues> ; also : yo-yo , flip-flop2: to talk or write foolishly : blather <can waffle…tiresomely off the point — Times Literary Supplement>

— waf·fler

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\-f(ə-)lər\ noun

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