waffle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
  2. verb pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    hesitate; waver.
    • Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures

WordNet

Waffle noun
Etymology
D. wafel. See Wafer.
Definitions
  1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.
  2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

Webster 1913