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   waffle

   /ˈwɒfl/

   verb

   • 1. speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner: British "he waffled on about his problems"
   • 2. fail to make up one's mind: North American "Joseph had been waffling over where to go"

   noun

   • 1. lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing: British "we've edited out some of the waffle"
   • 2. a failure to make up one's mind: North American "saying 'maybe' leaves us squandering our lives in indecisive waffle"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dialect waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. waffler noun
   • 2. waffly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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