What is "waffle"

Waffle \Waffle\, n. [D. wafel. See Wafer.]

1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

   Waffle iron, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, -- used for cooking waffles over a fire.

"kind of batter-cake, baked crisp in irons and served hot," 1744, from Dutch wafel "waffle," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wabila- "web, honeycomb" (cognates: Old High German waba "honeycomb," German Wabe), related to Old High German weban, Old English wefan "to weave" (see weave (v.)). Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.

1690s, "to yelp, bark," frequentative of provincial waff "to yelp, to bark like a puppy" (1610); possibly of imitative origin. Figurative sense of "talk foolishly" (c.1700) led to that of "vacillate, equivocate" (1803), originally a Scottish and northern English usage. Late 17c. Scottish also had waff "act of waving," variant of waft, which might have influenced the sense. Related: Waffled; waffler; waffling.

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   n. (context uncountable English) Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive. vb. 1 (context of birds English) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. confer#Latin ''wiffle'', ''whiffle''. 2 To speak or write vaguely and evasively. 3 To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim. 4 To vacillate. 5 (context transitive English) To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: hesitate, waver]

n. pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

A waffle is a leavened batter or dough cooked between two plates, patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron and recipe used. Waffles are eaten throughout the world, particularly in Belgium, which has over a dozen regional varieties.

A waffle is a batter- or dough-based cake cooked in a waffle iron.

Waffle(s) may also refer to:

Waffle is language without meaning; blathering, babbling, droning. One might waffle throughout an essay or a presentation, when not having enough material, or needing to fill in time. The term was derived from waff, a 17th-century onomatopoeia for the sound a barking dog makes, similar to the modern woof - the inference being that waffle words have about as much meaning as the noise made by a dog barking.

The term "to waffle", particularly in the U.S., can also denote indecision about particular subjects; "waffling" can also mean changing one's mind frequently on a topic. Example: "Craig always waffles when he's speaking to Genevieve on the telephone". To which Genevieve usually replies "Come on Craig, come out with it!". In can be used as a derogatory term; to describe, for instance, a candidate or politician who is considered to easily switch sides on issues to curry political favor (i.e. "flip-flop"), as an easily flipped breakfast food with the same name - hence the waffle famously used to represent President Bill Clinton in the Doonesbury comic strip.

Waffle is a bulletin-board system created by Tom Dell which ran under DOS and later UNIX. The software was unique in many ways, including the fact that all of the configuration files were in readable text files, and that it fully supported UUCP on the DOS platform.

A Usenet news group named comp.bbs.waffle was created for discussion of the Waffle BBS System. The last version seems to be v1.65.

It was possible to link Waffle (under DOS) to Fidonet and WWIV using external gateway utilities.

"Waffle" is a 1999 single by musical act Sevendust from their second album Home. A shot of the video is seen in the film Down to Earth.

Two different versions of the song exist. One is the version that's on the album, while the other, mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, is the one used as the single. The only truly noticeable difference between the two versions is that the Tom Lord-Alge mix has a smoother drum track and a larger more clean sound with the guitars turned up louder in the mix and more reverb on the vocals . The Tom Lord-Alge mix is the one used on Best of (Chapter One 1997-2004). "Waffle" peaked on the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks at #23 and #33, respectively.

Waffle is a British game show that aired on ITV from 24 March to 18 June 1998. It was hosted by Nick Weir and was Weir's first national game show.

The guests in the first episode were Lisa Riley, then-host of fellow Granada-produced show You've Been Framed!, and Jonathan Kerrigan from Casualty. Other contestants over the run of the series included Claudia Winkleman, Michael Willson (A.K.A. Cobra) from Gladiators and actor Kevin Lloyd from The Bill who died in 1998 whilst both shows were still running. He was a contestant in several episodes. Cheryl Andrews and comedian John Martin also appeared as contestants.