English noun: waffle | |||
1. | waffle (food) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cake | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Belgian waffle | ||
English verb: waffle | |||
1. | waffle (stative) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | ||
Samples | Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures. | ||
Synonyms | hesitate, waver | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boggle, dwell on, falter, hover, hover, linger, linger over, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate, waver | ||
Entail | doubt | ||