Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’

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Sujet : Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : sci.lang
Date : 25. Apr 2024, 15:05:43
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On 2024-04-25, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

AHD (American, ca.1970) has neither -- no verb "waffle".

AHD (5th ed., 2022) is online.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=waffle
1. To be unable to make a decision; waver
2. To speak or write evasively

I can't make M-W work on this machine; so awaiting information on its
current status in the USA,

M-W.com also lists both meanings.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

Date Sujet#  Auteur
25 Apr 24 * To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’33Aidan Kehoe
25 Apr 24 +* Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'6Steve Hayes
25 Apr 24 i`* Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'5Aidan Kehoe
26 Apr 24 i `* Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'4Steve Hayes
26 Apr 24 i  `* Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'3Aidan Kehoe
26 Apr 24 i   `* Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'2Chris Elvidge
26 Apr 24 i    `- Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither'1lar3ryca
25 Apr 24 +* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’4Ross Clark
25 Apr 24 i`* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’3Christian Weisgerber
26 Apr 24 i `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’2Tilde
28 Apr 24 i  `- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1Antonio Marques
25 Apr 24 +* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’19jerryfriedman
25 Apr 24 i+* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’17Bertel Lund Hansen
26 Apr 24 ii+- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1Peter Moylan
28 Apr 24 ii`* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’15Antonio Marques
29 Apr 24 ii +* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’2Bertel Lund Hansen
29 Apr 24 ii i`- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1Antonio Marques
30 Apr 24 ii `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’12jerryfriedman
30 Apr 24 ii  `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’11Antonio Marques
30 Apr 24 ii   `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’10jerryfriedman
1 May 24 ii    `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’9Antonio Marques
2 May 24 ii     +* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’7Aidan Kehoe
2 May 24 ii     i+- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1Snidely
4 May 24 ii     i`* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’5jerryfriedman
24 Jun 24 ii     i `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’4Aidan Kehoe
24 Jun 24 ii     i  `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’3jerryfriedman
24 Jun 24 ii     i   `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’2Antonio Marques
25 Jun 24 ii     i    `- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1jerryfriedman
4 May 24 ii     `- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1jerryfriedman
25 Apr 24 i`- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1lar3ryca
25 Apr 24 +- Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’1Christian Weisgerber
25 Apr 24 `* Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’2Tony Cooper
25 Apr 24  `- Re: To waffle, ?to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither?1LionelEdwards

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