Sujet : Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’
De : no_email (at) *nospam* invalid.invalid (Antonio Marques)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 28. Apr 2024, 22:15:35
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Tilde <
invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
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.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waffle
waffle
2 of 3
verb
waffled; waffling ˈwä-f(ə-)liŋ ˈwȯ-
intransitive verb
1
EQUIVOCATE, VACILLATE
waffled on the important issues
also : YO-YO, FLIP-FLOP
2
To me those two would mean to have different opinions according to the time
of the day, or to how the wind blows.
| Date | Sujet | # | | Auteur |
| 25 Apr 24 |  To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 33 | | Aidan Kehoe |
| 25 Apr 24 |  Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 6 | | Steve Hayes |
| 25 Apr 24 |   Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 5 | | Aidan Kehoe |
| 26 Apr 24 |  Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 4 | | Steve Hayes |
| 26 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 3 | | Aidan Kehoe |
| 26 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 2 | | Chris Elvidge |
| 26 Apr 24 |  Re: To waffle, 'to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither' | 1 | | lar3ryca |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 4 | | Ross Clark |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 3 | | Christian Weisgerber |
| 26 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 2 | | Tilde |
| 28 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | Antonio Marques |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 19 | | jerryfriedman |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 17 | | Bertel Lund Hansen |
| 26 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | Peter Moylan |
| 28 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 15 | | Antonio Marques |
| 29 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 2 | | Bertel Lund Hansen |
| 29 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | Antonio Marques |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 12 | | jerryfriedman |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 11 | | Antonio Marques |
| 30 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 10 | | jerryfriedman |
| 1 May 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 9 | | Antonio Marques |
| 2 May 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 7 | | Aidan Kehoe |
| 2 May 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | Snidely |
| 4 May 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 5 | | jerryfriedman |
| 24 Jun 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 4 | | Aidan Kehoe |
| 24 Jun 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 3 | | jerryfriedman |
| 24 Jun 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 2 | | Antonio Marques |
| 25 Jun 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | jerryfriedman |
| 4 May 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | jerryfriedman |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | lar3ryca |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 1 | | Christian Weisgerber |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ | 2 | | Tony Cooper |
| 25 Apr 24 | Re: To waffle, ?to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither? | 1 | | LionelEdwards |