Definitions
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- adjective Having a gridlike puckered or indented surface.
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- adjective Having a
waffle -like pattern of intersecting creases. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
waffle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Gamecube represented the moment where Nintendo kind of waffled between the two worlds, but the Wii is a clear left-turn.
Great Big Bites SVGL 2009
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And here's some political analysis: Vincent Gray "waffled," Hess writes: "Those who are asking what Gray's election would mean for Rhee's agenda may have all the answers they need right there."
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Chris kind of waffled on a question concerning unpaid wages and lawsuits.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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So I sort of 'waffled' in a political sort of way.
Archive 2007-04-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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So I sort of 'waffled' in a political sort of way.
Out on the stump Glyn Davies 2007
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And I think, you know, the immigration thing with the license that she kind of waffled on and -- and really didn't give a decisive answer -- I think the planted question, although I think that was overblown, it's still a perception that that was calculated, you know, "They're picking on me" deal.
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"We kind of waffled around a little bit," acknowledged Lawrence Eagleburger, then acting secretary of state, in an interview with Strobel.
America and the Bosnia Genocide Danner, Mark 1997
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Amendment scholar at Vanderbilt Law School, the significance is the potential precedent set by the sweep of the ruling -- and that Kaplan "waffled" on whether filmmakers even have journalist's privilege.
CNN.com 2010
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Instead, Obama "waffled" and bached down from his original demands, "she said.
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Instead, Obama "waffled" and bached down from his original demands, "she said.
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