as in to weasel
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
she waffled when asked what she thought of her sister's new boyfriend
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Recent Examples of waffle
Melissa Liebling-Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
The now-familiar push-button ignition has waffled between feeling premium and mundane, which is all to say that there’s no perfect formula for a car’s control scheme.
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Tc Sottek,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Finally finish things off with the waffle sundae with a vanilla parfait and sweet-hot syrup.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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Verb
The star of the show is chef Nick Wong's signature savory scallion waffles with sambal honey butter, but the Taiwanese disco fries, Cheeseburger Fried Rice and the crawfish egg foo young are not to be missed.
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Melissa Liebling-Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
The now-familiar push-button ignition has waffled between feeling premium and mundane, which is all to say that there’s no perfect formula for a car’s control scheme.
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Tc Sottek,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
Noun
Jenn Harris finds a new waffle to obsess over.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Finally finish things off with the waffle sundae with a vanilla parfait and sweet-hot syrup.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waffle
Verb
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From there, the Giants remained deadlocked in a 1-1 tie until the 10th, though San Francisco’s relievers had to weasel their way out of trouble to keep the game tied.
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Microsoft now feels that OpenAI is trying to weasel its way around this clause, with both companies’ lawyers fighting for weeks over the latter’s agreement with Amazon, sources told the FT.
Noun
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Don’t miss the clam ceviche—served in shells—plus the potato bread, which lands somewhere between a latke, a scallion pancake, and a roll, and reminded us of pão de queijo, Brazilian cheese bread.
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Guests can opt for a breakfast buffet ($39) or à la carte dishes like blue corn pancakes and smoked salmon eggs Benedict.
Verb
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Hernández said Rossi Ydrogo had just called his brother in Caracas 20 minutes before the earth started to shake.
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In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday.
Noun
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Every family carries at least one recipe that is a few generations old for biscuits, cornbread, or flapjacks.
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For breakfast, the Mai Tai flapjacks, served with Kula rum butter syrup, honey passionfruit foam, and island pineapple, are a must-order.
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“Waffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waffle. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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