Main Entry: ²waffle

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): waf·fled; waf·fling \-f(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology: frequentative of obsolete woff to yelp, of imitative origin

Date: 1868

1 : equivocate, vacillate <waffled on the important issues>; also : yo-yo, flip-flop
2 : to talk or write foolishly : blather <can waffle…tiresomely off the point — Times Literary Supplement>

— waf·fler \-f(ə-)lər\ noun