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German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" title="waffle – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="waffle" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi 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Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈwɒf.l̩/</span>, <span class="IPA">[wɒf.ɫ̩]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Canadian English">Canada</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈwɑ.fl̩/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈwɑ.fɫ̩]</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_English" class="extiw" title="w:California English">California</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-waffle.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-waffle.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-waffle.ogg/En-us-waffle.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-waffle.ogg" title="File:en-us-waffle.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈwɔf.l̩/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈwɔf.ɫ̩]</span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">waf‧fle</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%92f%C9%99l" title="Rhymes:English/ɒfəl"><span class="IPA">-ɒfəl</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun" title="Appendix:Glossary">noun</a> is borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/wafel#Dutch" title="wafel">wafel</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">waffle; wafer</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/wafel#Middle_Dutch" title="wafel">wafel</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wafele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wafele (page does not exist)">wafele</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wavel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wavel (page does not exist)">wavel</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/wavila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/wavila (page does not exist)">*wāvila</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/w%C4%93bil%C7%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēbilǭ (page does not exist)">*wēbilǭ</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/w%C4%93bil%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēbilō (page does not exist)">*wēbilō</a></i>, possibly related to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/web%CA%B0-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/webʰ-">*webʰ-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to braid, weave</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (whence <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/weven#Dutch" title="weven">weven</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to weave</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weave#English" title="weave">weave</a></i>; compare, from the same verbal root, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Wabe#German" title="Wabe">Wabe</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">honeycomb</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Waffel#German" title="Waffel">Waffel</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">waffle; wafer</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. The English word is a <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wafer#English" title="wafer">wafer</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gauffre#English" title="gauffre">gauffre</a></i>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb" title="Appendix:Glossary">verb</a> (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffles#English" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q375" data-lang="en" data-id="Q375"><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/flat#Adjective" title="flat">flat</a> <a href="/wiki/pastry" title="pastry">pastry</a> <a href="/wiki/press#Verb" title="press">pressed</a> with a <a href="/wiki/grid#Noun" title="grid">grid</a> <a href="/wiki/pattern#Noun" title="pattern">pattern</a>, often <a href="/wiki/eat#Verb" title="eat">eaten</a> <a href="/wiki/hot#Adjective" title="hot">hot</a> with <a href="/wiki/butter#Noun" title="butter">butter</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/honey#Noun" title="honey">honey</a> or <a href="/wiki/syrup" title="syrup">syrup</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The brunch was <b>waffles</b> with strawberries and whipped cream.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2017</b></span>, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, <cite>Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped <b>waffles</b> beloved by local children and adults alike.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <i>In full</i> <b>potato waffle</b>: a <a href="/wiki/savoury#Adjective" title="savoury">savoury</a> flat <a href="/wiki/potato" title="potato">potato</a> <a href="/wiki/cake#Noun" title="cake">cake</a> with the same <a href="/wiki/kind#Noun" title="kind">kind</a> of grid pattern.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/construction" title="construction">construction</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> also <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_nouns#Attributive" title="Appendix:English nouns">attributively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/concrete#Noun" title="concrete">concrete</a> <a href="/wiki/slab#Noun" title="slab">slab</a> <a href="/wiki/use#Verb" title="use">used</a> in <a href="/wiki/flooring#Noun" title="flooring">flooring</a> with a <a href="/wiki/gridlike" title="gridlike">gridlike</a> <a href="/wiki/structure#Noun" title="structure">structure</a> of <a href="/wiki/rib#Noun" title="rib">ribs</a> <a href="/wiki/run#Verb" title="run">running</a> at <a href="/wiki/right_angle" title="right angle">right angles</a> to each other on its <a href="/wiki/underside" title="underside">underside</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1970</b></span>, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, <cite>Manual of Standard Practice</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Both joists and slab are cast in place to form a monolithic unit, integral with the supporting beams and columns. The joists form a characteristic waffle pattern on the underside. Structural design of joist construction: one-way or <b>waffle</b> flat slab <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1993</b></span>, Harry Parker, James Ambrose, <cite>Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The most widely used type of <b>waffle</b> construction is the <b>waffle</b> flat slab, in which solid portions around column supports are <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> These beams may be produced as projections below the <b>waffle</b>, as shown <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span>, Edward G. Nawy, <cite>Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook</cite>, CRC Press, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781420007657" title="Special:BookSources/9781420007657">→ISBN</a></small>, page 9:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In one-way (pan joist) and two-way (<b>waffle</b>) joist construction, a similar layout is usually adopted.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/textiles" title="textiles">textiles</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_nouns#Attributive" title="Appendix:English nouns">attributively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/type#Noun" title="type">type</a> of <a href="/wiki/fabric" title="fabric">fabric</a> <a href="/wiki/weave#Verb" title="weave">woven</a> with a <a href="/wiki/honeycomb#Noun" title="honeycomb">honeycomb</a> <a href="/wiki/texture#Noun" title="texture">texture</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_waffle#English" title="Belgian waffle">Belgian waffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/blue_waffle#English" title="blue waffle">blue waffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/blue_waffle_disease#English" title="blue waffle disease">blue waffle disease</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bubble_waffle#English" title="bubble waffle">bubble waffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/croffle#English" title="croffle">croffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/egg_waffle#English" title="egg waffle">egg waffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fawaffle#English" title="fawaffle">fawaffle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_cone#English" title="waffle cone">waffle cone</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffled#English" title="waffled">waffled</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adjective</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_fries#English" title="waffle fries">waffle fries</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_hole#English" title="waffle hole">waffle hole</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wafflehouse#English" title="wafflehouse">wafflehouse</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_house#English" title="waffle house">waffle house</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Waffle_House_Index#English" title="Waffle House Index">Waffle House Index</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_iron#English" title="waffle iron">waffle iron</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_maker#English" title="waffle maker">waffle maker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_slab#English" title="waffle slab">waffle slab</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_stomp#English" title="waffle stomp">waffle stomp</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle-stomp#English" title="waffle-stomp">waffle-stomp</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle-stomper#English" title="waffle-stomper">waffle-stomper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffle_stomper#English" title="waffle stomper">waffle stomper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffsicle#English" title="waffsicle">waffsicle</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-flat_pastry_pressed_with_a_grid_pattern"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%86%D5%AC%D5%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="վաֆլի (page does not exist)">վաֆլի</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%86%D5%AC%D5%AB" class="extiw" title="hy:վաֆլի">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">vafli</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%8F#Belarusian" title="вафля">ва́фля</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">váflja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="гофрета (page does not exist)">гофрѐта</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">gofrèta</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gofra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gofra (page does not exist)">gofra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/gofra" class="extiw" title="ca:gofra">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%8F%AF%E5%A4%AB#Mandarin" title="華夫">華夫</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8D%8E%E5%A4%AB#Mandarin" title="华夫">华夫</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">huáfū</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%AA%A9%E5%A4%AB#Mandarin" title="窩夫">窩夫</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%AA%9D%E5%A4%AB#Mandarin" title="窝夫">窝夫</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">wōfū</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%AC%86%E9%A4%85#Mandarin" title="鬆餅">鬆餅</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E9%A5%BC#Mandarin" title="松饼">松饼</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%AC%86%E9%A4%85" class="extiw" title="zh:鬆餅">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">sōngbǐng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E4%BB%94%E9%A4%85#Cantonese" title="格仔餅">格仔餅</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E4%BB%94%E9%A5%BC#Cantonese" title="格仔饼">格仔饼</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">gaak<sup>3</sup> zai<sup>2</sup> beng<sup>2</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/vafle#Czech" title="vafle">vafle</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/vafle" class="extiw" title="cs:vafle">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/vaffel#Danish" title="vaffel">vaffel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/wafel#Dutch" title="wafel">wafel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wafel" class="extiw" title="nl:wafel">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/vaflo#Esperanto" title="vaflo">vaflo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/vahvel#Estonian" title="vahvel">vahvel</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/vohveli#Finnish" title="vohveli">vohveli</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/vohveli" class="extiw" title="fi:vohveli">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/gaufre#French" title="gaufre">gaufre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/gaufre" class="extiw" title="fr:gaufre">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Waffel#German" title="Waffel">Waffel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Waffel" class="extiw" title="de:Waffel">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BB%CE%B1#Greek" title="βάφλα">βάφλα</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BB%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:βάφλα">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">váfla</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gofri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gofri (page does not exist)">gofri</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/gofri" class="extiw" title="hu:gofri">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vaffla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vaffla (page does not exist)">vaffla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaffla" class="extiw" title="is:vaffla">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/vaflo#Ido" title="vaflo">vaflo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaflo" class="extiw" title="io:vaflo">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vaif%C3%A9al&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vaiféal (page does not exist)">vaiféal</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ferratella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ferratella (page does not exist)">ferratella</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB#Japanese" title="ワッフル">ワッフル</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">waffuru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%96#Khmer" title="នំពុម្ព">នំពុម្ព</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">num pum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%99%80%ED%94%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="와플 (page does not exist)">와플</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">wapeul</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Luxembourgish: <span class="Latn" lang="lb"><a href="/wiki/Eisekuch#Luxembourgish" title="Eisekuch">Eisekuch</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://lb.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eisekuch" class="extiw" title="lb:Eisekuch">(lb)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="lb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaufre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaufre (page does not exist)">Gaufre</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="вафла">вафла</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">vafla</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/wafel#Malay" title="wafel">wafel</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/vaffel#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="vaffel">vaffel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaffel" class="extiw" title="no:vaffel">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/vaffel#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="vaffel">vaffel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Plautdietsch: <span class="Latn" lang="pdt"><a href="/wiki/Wofel#Plautdietsch" title="Wofel">Wofel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/gofr#Polish" title="gofr">gofr</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gofr" class="extiw" title="pl:gofr">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">waffle</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/waffle" class="extiw" title="pt:waffle">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%8F#Russian" title="вафля">ва́фля</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:вафля">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">váflja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vafl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vafl (page does not exist)">vafl</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/vafl" class="extiw" title="sh:vafl">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">waffle</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/wafle#Spanish" title="wafle">wafle</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/wafle" class="extiw" title="es:wafle">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Latin America</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/gofre#Spanish" title="gofre">gofre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/gofre" class="extiw" title="es:gofre">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A5ffla#Swedish" title="våffla">våffla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A5ffla" class="extiw" title="sv:våffla">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%8F#Ukrainian" title="вафля">ва́фля</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="uk:вафля">(uk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">váflja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Walloon: <span class="Latn" lang="wa"><a href="/wiki/w%C3%A5fe#Walloon" title="wåfe">wåfe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/w%C3%A5fe" class="extiw" title="wa:wåfe">(wa)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/waffl#Welsh" title="waffl">waffl</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%A4%D6%BF%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A2#Yiddish" title="וואַפֿליע">וואַפֿליע</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">vaflye</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-savoury_flat_potato_cake_with_the_same_kind_of_grid_pattern"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-concrete_slab_used_in_flooring_with_a_gridlike_structure"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-type_of_fabric_woven_with_a_honeycomb_texture"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffles#English" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffling#English" title="waffling">waffling</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffled#English" title="waffled">waffled</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/smash#Verb" title="smash">smash</a> (something). <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1995</b></span>, Peter Allen David, <cite>The Incredible Hulk: What savage beast</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The cab was <b>waffled</b> in between the two, Marsh never having a prayer or even a full comprehension of what happened to him. He was crushed flat, never even hearing the deafening screech of metal.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1997</b>, Bill Conlin, Kevin Kerrane (<a href="/wiki/editor" title="editor">editor</a>), <i>"Batting cleanup, Bill Conlin"</i>, page 121: <dl><dd>These were not the Cowboys who were <b>waffled</b>, 45–14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off [...]</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, Shawn Michaels, with Aaron Feigenbaum, <cite>Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">47</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then I <b>waffled</b> him and knocked him down. Why I cut myself open with the razor, I'm not completely sure. I was like the idiot in a bar who gets all worked up and smashes a bottle over his head [...]</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, Gordon Forbes, <cite>Tales from the Eagles Sideline</cite>, updated edition, page 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Bednarik, however, says the play became legendary only because of the circumstances. "I did it [...] to the top honcho. He just happened to be there and the pass was thrown to him. I <b>waffled</b> him cleanly." [...] "He just cold-cocked Frank," said linebacker Bob Pellegrini, whose injury sent Bednarik into the game to play defense.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-to_smash_(something)"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to smash (something) <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/smash#Translations" title="smash">smash</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#verb" title="Appendix:Glossary">verb</a> is borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" class="extiw" title="w:Scots language">Scots</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">waffle</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to waver, flap, flutter</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/waff#Scots" title="waff">waff</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to wag, wave; to flap, flutter</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><sup id="cite_ref-DSL_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/-le#Scots" title="-le">-le</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#frequentative" title="Appendix:Glossary">frequentative</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#suffix" title="Appendix:Glossary">suffix</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Scots" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Scots">Middle Scots</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-msc"><a href="/wiki/waff#Middle_Scots" title="waff">waff</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">signal; gust of wind; glimpse; a flapping, waving</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Northern Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wafe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wafe (page does not exist)">wafe</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/waffe#Middle_English" title="waffe">waffe</a></i>, a variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/waven#Middle_English" title="waven">waven</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to move to and fro, sway; to stray, wander; (<i>figuratively</i>) to follow a weaving course; (<i>figuratively</i>) to vacillate, waver; to move something to and fro, wave</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (whence <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wave#English" title="wave">wave</a></i>), from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/wafian#Old_English" title="wafian">wafian</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to wave</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-DSL_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wab%C5%8Dn%C4%85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabōną (page does not exist)">*wabōną</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabjan%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabjaną">*wabjaną</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to sway; to wander</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/web%CA%B0-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/webʰ-">*webʰ-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to braid, weave</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p><p>Regarding sense 5 (“to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point”), compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/w%C3%A6flian#Old_English" title="wæflian">wæflian</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to talk foolishly</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, possibly ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/babal%C5%8Dn%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/babalōną">*babalōną</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to babble, chatter</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/b%CA%B0eh%E2%82%82-#Proto-Indo-European:_speak" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰeh₂-">*bʰā-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to say</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and/or <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/baba-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/baba- (page does not exist)">*baba-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to talk vaguely; to mumble</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> does not derive the English word <i>waffle</i> from this Old English word. Compare also <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wauwelen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wauwelen (page does not exist)">wauwelen</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to linger, waffle, jabber, gab, chat</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#noun" title="Appendix:Glossary">noun</a> is derived from the verb.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_n2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_n2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_2">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffles#English" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffling#English" title="waffling">waffling</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffled#English" title="waffled">waffled</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/speak#Verb" title="speak">speak</a> or <a href="/wiki/write#Verb" title="write">write</a> <a href="/wiki/evasively" title="evasively">evasively</a> or <a href="/wiki/vaguely" title="vaguely">vaguely</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beat_around_the_bush#English" title="beat around the bush">beat around the bush</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1970</b></span>, John Galloway, <cite>The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">115</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Again the answer was "<b>waffled</b>," for this did not say that no air units had been alerted. Only that none had been "identified." Moreover, the reply concerned air "unit[s]" as opposed to "air craft".</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Of a <a href="/wiki/bird#Noun" title="bird">bird</a>: to <a href="/wiki/move#Verb" title="move">move</a> in a <a href="/wiki/side-to-side" title="side-to-side">side-to-side</a> <a href="/wiki/motion#Noun" title="motion">motion</a> while <a href="/wiki/descend#Verb" title="descend">descending</a> before <a href="/wiki/land#Verb" title="land">landing</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whiffle#English" title="whiffle">whiffle</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The geese <b>waffled</b> as they approached the water.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/aviation" title="aviation">aviation</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/road_transport" class="extiw" title="w:road transport">road transport</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Of an <a href="/wiki/aircraft" title="aircraft">aircraft</a> or <a href="/wiki/motor_vehicle" title="motor vehicle">motor vehicle</a>: to <a href="/wiki/travel#Verb" title="travel">travel</a> in a <a href="/wiki/slow#Adjective" title="slow">slow</a> and <a href="/wiki/unhurried" title="unhurried">unhurried</a> <a href="/wiki/manner" title="manner">manner</a>.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_vacillate" data-lang="en" data-id="vacillate"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> originally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Northern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English language in Northern England">Northern England</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish English">Scotland</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To be <a href="/wiki/indecisive" title="indecisive">indecisive</a> about something; to <a href="/wiki/dither" title="dither">dither</a>, to <a href="/wiki/vacillate" title="vacillate">vacillate</a>, to <a href="/wiki/waver" title="waver">waver</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/blow_hot_and_cold#English" title="blow hot and cold">blow hot and cold</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, Tony Hefner, <cite>Between the Fences</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I <b>waffled</b> between going to the deposition and going to the doctor's. Wishing Barbara was there, I decided to call the doctor afterward.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> January 25, Katrin Bennhold, “Where Is Germany in the Ukraine Standoff? Its Allies Wonder.”, in <cite>The New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/world/europe/germany-russia-nato-ukraine.html">[1]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But as Germany struggles to overcome its post-World War II reluctance to lead on security matters in Europe and set aside its instinct to accommodate rather than confront Russia, Europe’s most pivotal country has <b>waffled</b> in the first crucial test for the new government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2023</b> November 18, Nilay Patel, “OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO”, in <cite>The Verge</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai-board-in-discussions-with-sam-altman-to-return-as-ceo">[2]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A source close to Altman says the board had agreed in principle to resign and to allow Altman and Brockman to return, but has since <b>waffled</b> — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ambitransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">ambitransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <i>Often followed by</i> <b><a href="/wiki/on" title="on">on</a></b>: to speak or write (something) <a href="/wiki/at_length" title="at length">at length</a> without any <a href="/wiki/clear#Adjective" title="clear">clear</a> <a href="/wiki/aim#Noun" title="aim">aim</a> or <a href="/wiki/point#Noun" title="point">point</a>; to <a href="/wiki/ramble#Verb" title="ramble">ramble</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <i>see</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:prattle#English" title="Thesaurus:prattle">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">prattle</span></a></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1976</b></span>, Tony Hatch, <cite>So you want to be in the music business</cite>, Everest Books, page <span class="None" lang="und">68</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Unless you have a great line in gags or repartee don't <b>waffle</b> on aimlessly to your audience, or make in-jokes among yourselves, the band or the compere/DJ.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1984</b></span>, “Apiary Antics- No.5”, in <cite>British bee journal</cite>, volumes <span class="None" lang="und">112-113</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">68</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Before getting down to the nitty gritty of beekeeping, most contributors to BBJ like to <b>waffle</b> on for a bit about the weather, the state of their garden or something equally inconsequential.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, Bill Condon, <cite>No Worries</cite>, Univ. of Queensland Press, page <span class="None" lang="und">78</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">She <b>waffled</b> on for ages. Usually I'd say something smart or make it obvious that I wasn't interested and couldn't be bothered listening.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, Carl Storm, <cite>A Mighty Fine Way to Live and Die</cite>, Backstrap Ltd, page 8:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The whole thing ended suddenly when the hotel manager arrived. He <b>waffled</b> on for a bit; this settled everyone down.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/hold#Verb" title="hold">hold</a> <a href="/wiki/horizontally" title="horizontally">horizontally</a> and <a href="/wiki/rotate#Verb" title="rotate">rotate</a> (one's <a href="/wiki/hand#Noun" title="hand">hand</a>) <a href="/wiki/back_and_forth" title="back and forth">back and forth</a> in a <a href="/wiki/gesture#Noun" title="gesture">gesture</a> of <a href="/wiki/ambivalence" title="ambivalence">ambivalence</a> or <a href="/wiki/vacillation" title="vacillation">vacillation</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2007</b></span>, Michael Koryta, <cite>Sorrow’s Anthem</cite>, Macmillan, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-93660-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-93660-0">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VgSswiePmHcC&pg=PA146">page <span class="None" lang="und">146</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">“<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> You get anything useful on the background checks?” / He <b>waffled</b> his hand. “Nothing like what you brought back, but still some interesting notes.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffler#English" title="waffler">waffler</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffling#English" title="waffling">waffling</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adjective, noun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_3">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_speak_or_write_evasively_or_vaguely"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to speak or write evasively or vaguely</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to speak or write evasively or vaguely"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zwetsen#Dutch" title="zwetsen">zwetsen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/zwetsen" class="extiw" title="nl:zwetsen">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schwafeln#German" title="schwafeln">schwafeln</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/schwafeln" class="extiw" title="de:schwafeln">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C4%81kirikiri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hākirikiri (page does not exist)">hākirikiri</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=waha_hakirara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="waha hakirara (page does not exist)">waha hakirara</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/wafflo#Welsh" title="wafflo">wafflo</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-of_a_bird:_to_move_in_a_side-to-side_motion_while_descending_before_landing"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>German: <span class="trreq" data-lang="de"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-of_an_aircraft_or_motor_vehicle:_to_travel_in_a_slow_and_unhurried_manner"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gem%C3%A4chlich_dahingleiten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gemächlich dahingleiten (page does not exist)">gemächlich dahingleiten</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-to_be_indecisive_about_something"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to be indecisive about something <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/dither#Translations" title="dither">dither</a>,‎ <a href="/wiki/vacillate#Translations" title="vacillate">vacillate</a>,‎ <a href="/wiki/waver#Translations" title="waver">waver</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_speak_or_write_(something)_at_length_without_any_clear_aim_or_point"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see also </i></span><a href="/wiki/ramble#Translations" title="ramble">ramble</a></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zwammen#Dutch" title="zwammen">zwammen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/zwammen" class="extiw" title="nl:zwammen">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schwafeln#German" title="schwafeln">schwafeln</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/schwafeln" class="extiw" title="de:schwafeln">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=halandzs%C3%A1zik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="halandzsázik (page does not exist)">halandzsázik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/halandzs%C3%A1zik" class="extiw" title="hu:halandzsázik">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sz%C3%B6vegel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="szövegel (page does not exist)">szövegel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/sz%C3%B6vegel" class="extiw" title="hu:szövegel">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/mell%C3%A9besz%C3%A9l#Hungarian" title="mellébeszél">mellébeszél</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mell%C3%A9besz%C3%A9l" class="extiw" title="hu:mellébeszél">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">slang</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rizs%C3%A1zik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rizsázik (page does not exist)">rizsázik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/rizs%C3%A1zik" class="extiw" title="hu:rizsázik">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rizs%C3%A1l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rizsál (page does not exist)">rizsál</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=s%C3%BCketel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="süketel (page does not exist)">süketel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C3%BCketel" class="extiw" title="hu:süketel">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nyomja_a_s%C3%B3dert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nyomja a sódert (page does not exist)">nyomja a sódert</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hant%C3%A1zik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hantázik (page does not exist)">hantázik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hant%C3%A1zik" class="extiw" title="hu:hantázik">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/blaterare#Italian" title="blaterare">blaterare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/blaterare" class="extiw" title="it:blaterare">(it)</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ciarlare#Italian" title="ciarlare">ciarlare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciarlare" class="extiw" title="it:ciarlare">(it)</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/cianciare#Italian" title="cianciare">cianciare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cianciare" class="extiw" title="it:cianciare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%81%94%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%81%94%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ごちゃごちゃ言う (page does not exist)">ごちゃごちゃ言う</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">gochagocha iu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/palrar#Portuguese" title="palrar">palrar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/palrar" class="extiw" title="pt:palrar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="лить воду (page does not exist)">лить во́ду</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83" class="extiw" title="ru:лить воду">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">litʹ vódu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="болтать попусту (page does not exist)">болта́ть по́пусту</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">boltátʹ pópustu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="трепаться без толку (page does not exist)">трепа́ться без то́лку</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">trepátʹsja bez tólku</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/divagar#Spanish" title="divagar">divagar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/divagar" class="extiw" title="es:divagar">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_hold_horizontally_and_rotate_(one’s_hand)_back_and_forth_in_a_gesture_of_ambivalence_or_vacillation"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to hold horizontally and rotate (one’s hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to hold horizontally and rotate (one’s hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> (Often <a href="/wiki/lengthy" title="lengthy">lengthy</a>) <a href="/wiki/speech#Noun" title="speech">speech</a> or <a href="/wiki/writing#Noun" title="writing">writing</a> that is <a href="/wiki/evasive" title="evasive">evasive</a> or <a href="/wiki/vague" title="vague">vague</a>, or <a href="/wiki/pretentious" title="pretentious">pretentious</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <i>see</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:chatter#English" title="Thesaurus:chatter">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">chatter</span></a></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important <b>waffle</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_4">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-(often_lengthy)_speech_or_writing_that_is_evasive_or_vague,_or_pretentious"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">(often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="(often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=gezwam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gezwam (page does not exist)">gezwam</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gezwam" class="extiw" title="nl:gezwam">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wollige_taal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wollige taal (page does not exist)">wollige taal</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/loba#Estonian" title="loba">loba</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/jaaritus#Finnish" title="jaaritus">jaaritus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jaaritus" class="extiw" title="fi:jaaritus">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/jaarittelu#Finnish" title="jaarittelu">jaarittelu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jaarittelu" class="extiw" title="fi:jaarittelu">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/langue_de_bois#French" title="langue de bois">langue de bois</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/langue_de_bois" class="extiw" title="fr:langue de bois">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Geschwafel#German" title="Geschwafel">Geschwafel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geschwafel" class="extiw" title="de:Geschwafel">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=leere_Phrasen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="leere Phrasen (page does not exist)">leere Phrasen</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/halandzsa#Hungarian" title="halandzsa">halandzsa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/halandzsa" class="extiw" title="hu:halandzsa">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mell%C3%A9besz%C3%A9l%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mellébeszélés (page does not exist)">mellébeszélés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mell%C3%A9besz%C3%A9l%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="hu:mellébeszélés">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sz%C3%B6vegel%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="szövegelés (page does not exist)">szövegelés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/sz%C3%B6vegel%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="hu:szövegelés">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">slang</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=s%C3%BCketel%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="süketelés (page does not exist)">süketelés</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/duma#Hungarian" title="duma">duma</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/duma" class="extiw" title="hu:duma">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rizsa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rizsa (page does not exist)">rizsa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/rizsa" class="extiw" title="hu:rizsa">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/s%C3%B3der#Hungarian" title="sóder">sóder</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C3%B3der" class="extiw" title="hu:sóder">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/hanta#Hungarian" title="hanta">hanta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hanta" class="extiw" title="hu:hanta">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/bull#Icelandic" title="bull">bull</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/bull" class="extiw" title="is:bull">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BEva%C3%B0ur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="þvaður (page does not exist)">þvaður</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%BEva%C3%B0ur" class="extiw" title="is:þvaður">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%80%E3%81%A0%E5%8F%A3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="むだ口 (page does not exist)">むだ口</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">mudaguchi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EA%B1%B0%EB%A7%8C%ED%95%9C_%EB%A7%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="거만한 말 (page does not exist)">거만한 말</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">geomanhan mal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=waha_hakirara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="waha hakirara (page does not exist)">waha hakirara</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wodolejstwo#Polish" title="wodolejstwo">wodolejstwo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/palran%C3%A7a#Portuguese" title="palrança">palrança</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/palra%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="palração">palração</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/palra%C3%A7%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:palração">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/palha#Portuguese" title="palha">palha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/palha" class="extiw" title="pt:palha">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Portugal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/waffl#Welsh" title="waffl">waffl</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Possibly from <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waff#English" title="waff">waff</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">(<i>dialectal</i>) to bark, woof</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imitative" title="Appendix:Glossary">imitative</a> of a dog’s yelp)<sup id="cite_ref-OED_n2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_n2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-le#English" title="-le">-le</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#frequentative" title="Appendix:Glossary">frequentative</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#suffix" title="Appendix:Glossary">suffix</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_3">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffles#English" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffling#English" title="waffling">waffling</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffled#English" title="waffled">waffled</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Of a <a href="/wiki/dog#Noun" title="dog">dog</a>: to <a href="/wiki/bark#Verb" title="bark">bark</a> with a <a href="/wiki/high#Adjective" title="high">high</a> <a href="/wiki/pitch#Noun" title="pitch">pitch</a> like a <a href="/wiki/puppy" title="puppy">puppy</a>, or in <a href="/wiki/muffled#Adjective" title="muffled">muffled</a> <a href="/wiki/manner" title="manner">manner</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">waffle</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/waffles#English" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">British</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/high-pitched" title="high-pitched">high-pitched</a> <a href="/wiki/sound#Noun" title="sound">sound</a> <a href="/wiki/make#Verb" title="make">made</a> by a <a href="/wiki/young#Adjective" title="young">young</a> <a href="/wiki/dog#Noun" title="dog">dog</a>; also, a <a href="/wiki/muffled#Adjective" title="muffled">muffled</a> <a href="/wiki/bark#Noun" title="bark">bark</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wuffle#English" title="wuffle">wuffle</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224990">waffle, <i>n.</i><sup>1</sup></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1921</span></span></span>; <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/https://www.lexico.com/definition/waffle">waffle<sup>2</sup>, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/waffle">waffle, <i>v.</i>, <i>n.</i>, <i>adj.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a></small>, reproduced from W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Grant and D<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>avid<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> D. Murison, editors, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary">The Scottish National Dictionary</a></i>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary_Association" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary Association">Scottish National Dictionary Association</a>, 1931–1976, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/847228655">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DSL-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-DSL_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-DSL_3-1">3.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/waff_v1_n1">waff, <i>v.</i><sup>1</sup>, <i>n.</i><sup>1</sup></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a></small>, reproduced from W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Grant and D<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>avid<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> D. Murison, editors, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary">The Scottish National Dictionary</a></i>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary_Association" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary Association">Scottish National Dictionary Association</a>, 1931–1976, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/847228655">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/le">-le, <i>suff.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a></small>, reproduced from W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Grant and D<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>avid<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> D. Murison, editors, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary">The Scottish National Dictionary</a></i>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary_Association" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish National Dictionary Association">Scottish National Dictionary Association</a>, 1931–1976, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/847228655">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED51928">wāven, <i>v.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_n2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-OED_n2_6-0">6.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-OED_n2_6-1">6.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224991">waffle, <i>n.</i><sup>2</sup></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1921</span>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/https://www.lexico.com/definition/waffle">waffle<sup>1</sup>, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Compare <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224986">waff, <i>v.</i><sup>3</sup></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1921</span></span></span>; <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(linguist)" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Wright (linguist)">Joseph Wright</a>, editor (<span class="None" lang="und">1905</span>), “WAFFLE, <i>v.</i><sup>2</sup> and <i>sb.</i><sup>1</sup>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_Dialect_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:The English Dialect Dictionary">The English Dialect Dictionary:<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use during the Last Two Hundred Years: Founded on the Publications of the English Dialect Society and on a Large Amount of Material Never before Printed">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume VI (T–Z, Supplement, Bibliography and Grammar), London: Henry Frowde,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Amen Corner, E.C.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, publisher to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Dialect_Society" class="extiw" title="w:English Dialect Society">English Dialect Society</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Oxford, 116 High Street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; 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Putnam's Sons">G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/81937840">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi06wriguoft/page/357/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">357</span></a>, column 2.</span></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle" title="w:waffle"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/20px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/40px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle" class="extiw" title="w:waffle">waffle</a></b> on Wikipedia.<span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle" class="extiw" title="w:waffle">Wikipedia </a></span></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle_slab" title="w:waffle slab"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/20px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/40px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle_slab" class="extiw" title="w:waffle slab">waffle slab</a></b> on Wikipedia.<span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/waffle_slab" class="extiw" title="w:waffle slab">Wikipedia </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Unadapted borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">waffle</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈwa.fo(w)/</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈwa.fo(ʊ̯)]</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈwɔ.fo(w)/</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈwɔ.fo(ʊ̯)]</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">waffle</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/waffles#Portuguese" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">waffle</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">type of flat pastry</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/wafle#Spanish" title="wafle">wafle</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">less frequent spelling</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Unadapted borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">waffle</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈw̝afle/</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈw̝a.fle]</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈbafle/</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈba.fle]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Spanish/afle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Spanish/afle (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-afle</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">waffle</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/waffles#Spanish" title="waffles">waffles</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language_in_the_Americas" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language in the Americas">Latin America</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">waffle</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">type of flat pastry</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Spain</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/gofre#Spanish" title="gofre">gofre</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=waffle&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Academy" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Spanish Academy">Royal Spanish Academy</a> (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. 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