pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
"She flipped the golden-brown waffle onto her plate to enjoy it for breakfast."
A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
"The puppy let out an adorable waffle every time someone entered the room."
(Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
To smash (something).
"The new puppy started to waffle at every stranger passing by the gate."
To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
The word waffle comes from the Dutch language, where it originally meant a wafer. Its name likely refers to the pastry's grid-like pattern, which resembles a woven mat or a honeycomb.