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The Oxford English Dictionary does not derive the English word waffle from this Old English word. Compare also Dutch wauwelen (“to linger, waffle, jabber, gab, chat”).\nThe noun is derived from the verb.", "forms": [{"form": "waffles", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "waffling", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "waffled", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "waffled", "tags": ["past"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "waffle (third-person singular simple present waffles, present participle waffling, simple past and past participle waffled)", "name": "en-verb"}], "hyphenation": ["waf‧fle"], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1970, John Galloway, The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, page 115:", "text": "Again the answer was \"waffled,\" 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\".", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To speak or write evasively or vaguely."], "links": [["speak", "speak#Verb"], ["write", "write#Verb"], ["evasively", "evasively"], ["vaguely", "vaguely"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely."], "synonyms": [{"word": "beat around the bush"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "The geese waffled as they approached the water.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing."], "links": [["bird", "bird#Noun"], ["move", "move#Verb"], ["side-to-side", "side-to-side"], ["motion", "motion#Noun"], ["descending", "descend#Verb"], ["landing", "land#Verb"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing."], "synonyms": [{"word": "whiffle"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English colloquialisms", "English intransitive verbs", "en:Aviation", "en:Road transport"], "glosses": ["Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner."], "links": [["aviation", "aviation"], ["aircraft", "aircraft"], ["motor vehicle", "motor vehicle"], ["travel", "travel#Verb"], ["slow", "slow#Adjective"], ["unhurried", "unhurried"], ["manner", "manner"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner."], "tags": ["colloquial", "intransitive"], "topics": ["aeronautics", "aerospace", "aviation", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "road", "transport"]}, {"categories": ["English colloquialisms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "Northern England English", "Scottish English"], "examples": [{"ref": "2011, Tony Hefner, Between the Fences:", "text": "I waffled between going to the deposition and going to the doctor's. Wishing Barbara was there, I decided to call the doctor afterward.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2022 January 25, Katrin Bennhold, “Where Is Germany in the Ukraine Standoff? Its Allies Wonder.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:", "text": "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 waffled in the first crucial test for the new government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2023 November 18, Nilay Patel, “OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO”, in The Verge:", "text": "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 waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver."], "links": [["indecisive", "indecisive"], ["dither", "dither"], ["vacillate", "vacillate"], ["waver", "waver"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver."], "synonyms": [{"word": "blow hot and cold"}], "tags": ["Scotland", "colloquial", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1976, Tony Hatch, So you want to be in the music business, Everest Books, page 68:", "text": "Unless you have a great line in gags or repartee don't waffle on aimlessly to your audience, or make in-jokes among yourselves, the band or the compere/DJ.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1984, “Apiary Antics- No.5”, in British bee journal, volumes 112-113, page 68:", "text": "Before getting down to the nitty gritty of beekeeping, most contributors to BBJ like to waffle on for a bit about the weather, the state of their garden or something equally inconsequential.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2005, Bill Condon, No Worries, Univ. of Queensland Press, page 78:", "text": "She waffled on for ages. 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Its Allies Wonder.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:", "text": "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 waffled in the first crucial test for the new government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2023 November 18, Nilay Patel, “OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO”, in The Verge:", "text": "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 waffled — missing a key 5PM PT deadline by which many OpenAI staffers were set to resign.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver."], "links": [["indecisive", "indecisive"], ["dither", "dither"], ["vacillate", "vacillate"], ["waver", "waver"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver."], "synonyms": [{"word": "blow hot and cold"}], "tags": ["Scotland", "colloquial", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1976, Tony Hatch, So you want to be in the music business, Everest Books, page 68:", "text": "Unless you have a great line in gags or repartee don't waffle on aimlessly to your audience, or make in-jokes among yourselves, the band or the compere/DJ.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1984, “Apiary Antics- No.5”, in British bee journal, volumes 112-113, page 68:", "text": "Before getting down to the nitty gritty of beekeeping, most contributors to BBJ like to waffle on for a bit about the weather, the state of their garden or something equally inconsequential.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2005, Bill Condon, No Worries, Univ. of Queensland Press, page 78:", "text": "She waffled on for ages. 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