waffle
noun/ˈwɒfl/
/ˈwɑːfl/
- [countable] a dry, flat cake with a pattern of squares on both sides, often eaten with sweet sauce, cream, etc. on top
- a waffle iron (= for making waffles with)
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- [uncountable] (British English, informal) language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting
- The report is just full of waffle.
- You have to sit through a lot of waffle about procedures.
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: from Dutch wafel; compare with wafer. noun sense 2 late 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dialect waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.
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