waffle
US: /ˈwɑfəɫ/
UK: /wˈɒfəl/
UK: /wˈɒfəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
waffle /'wɔfl/
- danh từ
- bánh quế
- chuyện gẫu; chuyện liến thoắng
- nội động từ
- nói chuyện gẫu; nói chuyện liến thoắng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a crisp 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)
2 [U] (BrE, informal) language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting: The report is just full of waffle.
+ verb [V]
1 ~ (on) (about sth) (BrE, informal, disapproving) to talk or write using a lot of words but without saying anything interesting or important: The principal waffled on about exam results but no one was listening. + If you want to sound professional-don't waffle.
2 ~ (on / over sth) (AmE, informal) to be unable to decide what to do about sth or what you think about sth: The senator was accused of waffling on major issues.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 Often, waffle on. carry on, jabber (on), prattle (on), prate, blather (on or away), Colloq run on, Brit witter (on), natter (on), rabbit on, Slang run off at the mouth:
He kept waffling on about his new computer and, frankly, I wasn't listening.
2 equivocate, hedge, quibble, shuffle, tergiversate, hem and haw, prevaricate, Brit beat about the bush, US beat around the bush, Colloq fudge:
I wish he would stop waffling and say what he means.
n.
3 talk, palaver, verbiage, prattle, twaddle, blather, prolixity, wordiness, jabber, jibber-jabber, Colloq hot air:
All I got was a lot of waffle when I asked for the best interest rate on a loan.
Concise English dictionary
waffles|waffled|waffling'wɑfl /'wɒfl
noun
+pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
verb
+pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
