waf•fleˌwɒf əl(n.)

1. a batter cake baked in a hinged appliance (waf′fle i′ron) that forms a gridlike pattern on each side.

   Category: Cooking

2. (adj.)Also, waf′fled. having a gridlike or indented lattice shape or design.

Origin of waffle:

1735–45; < D wafel

waf•fleˈwɒf əl(v.; n.)-fled, -fling

1. (v.i.)to speak or write equivocally:

   to waffle on fundamental issues.

   Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

2. (v.t.)to speak or write equivocally about.

   Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

3. (n.)waffling language.

   Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

Origin of waffle:

1890–95; orig. dial. (Scots, N England): to wave about, flutter, be hesitant; prob. waff puff or blast of air +-le

waf′fler(n.)

waf•fleˈwɒf əl(v.i.)-fled, -fling.

1. to talk aimlessly or tiresomely; blather.

   Category: British

Origin of waffle:

1695–1705; appar. waff to bark, yelp (imit.) + -le