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Waffle   /wˈɑfəl/   Listen
Waffle

verb
1.
Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.  Synonyms: hesitate, waver.



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"Waffle" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the flour; rub in the butter. Mix and add the beaten yolks and milk, and last stir in the whites which have been beaten to a stiff froth. Bake at once in well-greased waffle-irons. By using two cups of milk, the mixture is right for pancakes. If sour milk is used, substitute soda for the baking powder. ...
— The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking - Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes • Helen Campbell

... was a man whose face was the approximate shape and color of a slightly used waffle. He looked up from his crossword puzzle as Malone came in, apparently trying to decide whether or not this new visitor should be greeted ...
— Occasion for Disaster • Gordon Randall Garrett

... always served precisely at seven o'clock, and certain dishes appeared as regularly as the days. This was waffle morning on the Home calendar; outside it was ...
— Polly and the Princess • Emma C. Dowd

... he said the light went out in his flat about 10:30. The man who watched the alleyway didn't see a soul except the milkman. Marsh came out a little while ago and I followed him. He had a quick breakfast in the waffle shop just below here, and I ...
— The Sheridan Road Mystery • Paul Thorne

... vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble^, turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605; oscillate &c 314; vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as man phases as the moon. Adj. changeable, changeful; changing &c 140; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform^; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... when Jerry got back from the auction. He was eating his second big waffle and his fourth sausage—the Martins always had an especially good lunch on Saturdays since it was the one weekday they were all home to lunch—when there was a knock at the ...
— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson



Words linked to "Waffle" :   dwell on, linger over, oscillate, vibrate, waffler, cake, hesitate, vacillate, boggle, falter, waffle iron, waver, linger, hover, doubt



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