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waffling

verb

Meaning

  1. To smash.
  2. (of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.
  3. To speak or write vaguely and evasively.
  4. To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.
  5. To vacillate.
  6. To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.
  7. A repetitive speech or response to a question.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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