as in weasels
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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Noun
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There were free pouches of pocket pancakes; Brewers manager Pat Murphy showing off his pancake-flipping skills; special guests, including Donald Driver; polka music; pancake artists; a T-shirt giveaway for the first 3,000 fans; and the debut of Murph's Maple Syrup.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025 -
His college tape showed a blocker with tremendous balance and the finishing strength to consistently counter what defenses threw at him, and his NFL tape has been more of the same (with even more pancakes).—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The work captures life between Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples, where the ground shakes periodically and the fumaroles of the Phlegraean Fields taint the air.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The roar starts before the lights go down — a low, collective thunder that shakes the arena floor.—
Crystal Bell,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The way a Newfoundland dog carefully ducks his head to avoid getting bumped by a car trunk has captured hearts across the internet.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Waffles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waffles. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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