waffle
noun
a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance waffle iron in which the cake is baked.
waffler
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a word derived from
waffle.
Example Sentences
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It can be dangerous but the performance side of it… I'm a good waffler on the mic... making people believe you're the bad guy or the good guy.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
He had supported an alternative measure, but the waffler label stuck.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2015
Lincoln turns up late, and in this telling he is a bit of a waffler, trying some appeasement strategies before eventually, 150 years ago this past New Year’s Day, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2013
Nonetheless, he did it, so rapidly and decisively as to appear anything but the waffler of the political cartoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he offers compromise, he is a waffler, and if he doesn't, he is arrogant.
From Time Magazine Archive
