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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable|UK A Potato waffle, a savory flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
  • countable A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.
  • uncountable Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.

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Verb:

  • rfv-sense Police slang meaning to slam on the brakes suddenly and violently causing the rider in the rear seat to slam up against the grating separating the back from the front seat. This grating typically will have a "waffle" pattern. This may be done to encourage proper behavior from an occupant of the rear seat who is "acting up".
  • The side to side motion made by birds to lose altitude before they land.
  • To speak or write waffle.
  • To vacillate.
  • transitive To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

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