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# waffle

«waffle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a crisp flat cake made of batter, cooked in a hot iron…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a waffle, waffles; waffle — uncountable for talk); verb (waffle, waffles, waffled, waffling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A waffle is a crisp flat cake made of batter, cooked in a hot iron that gives it a grid of little squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#m1)

2) (UK, informal) Waffle is long talk or writing that says very little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) To waffle is to talk or write too much without saying anything useful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#m3)

4) (US, informal) To waffle is to keep changing your mind and not decide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used for breakfast food (with syrup, berries, ice cream), and by teachers about essays: «Don't waffle — get to the point».

### examples

- We had waffles with maple syrup for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x1)
- Belgian waffles are thick and soft inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x2)
- My teacher said my essay was full of waffle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x3)
- Stop waffling and answer the question! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x4)
- He waffled on for ages about his holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x5)
- The mayor waffled about whether to close the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x6)
- The waffle iron leaves a pattern of squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/#x7)

### note

Two meanings in one spelling: food, and empty talk. The UK sense «waffle on» means talking too long; the US sense means being unsure. Food plural: «waffles». The talk sense is uncountable: «a lot of waffle», not «waffles».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «waffle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waffle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.