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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From waffle +‎ -ed.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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."

    DeMorning DeBonis: July 27, 2010 2010

  • Chris kind of waffled on a question concerning unpaid wages and lawsuits.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • So I sort of 'waffled' in a political sort of way.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Glyn Davies 2007

  • So I sort of 'waffled' in a political sort of way.

    Out on the stump Glyn Davies 2007

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2007 2007

  • "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

  • 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

  • Instead, Obama "waffled" and bached down from his original demands, "she said.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • Instead, Obama "waffled" and bached down from his original demands, "she said.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

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