waffle

waffle
1. noun /ˈwɒ.fl,ˈwɑ.fl,ˈwɔ.fl/

The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.

b) A , a savory flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.

This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.

2. verb /ˈwɒ.fl,ˈwɑ.fl,ˈwɔ.fl/
a) To smash.

The cab was waffled in between the two, Marsh never having a prayer or even a full comprehension of what happened to him. He was crushed flat, never even hearing the deafening screech of metal.

b) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.

These were not the Cowboys who were waffled, 45-14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off [...]


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