"faffle" meaning in English

See faffle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: faffles [present, singular, third-person], faffling [participle, present], faffled [participle, past], faffled [past]
Etymology: Compare famble, maffle and waffle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|famble}} famble, {{m|en|maffle}} maffle, {{m|en|waffle}} waffle Head templates: {{en-verb}} faffle (third-person singular simple present faffles, present participle faffling, simple past and past participle faffled)
  1. To stammer or murmur.
    Sense id: en-faffle-en-verb-v5BcWXef Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25
  2. to flap, like a flag
    Sense id: en-faffle-en-verb-1xVoOZeA

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for faffle meaning in English (1.4kB)

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