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faffled

faffled is the simple past and past participle of faffle.

Meaning of faffle

Verb

faffle (third-person singular simple present faffles, present participle faffling, simple past and past participle faffled)

  1. To stammer or murmur.
  2. to flap, like a flag
    • From drooping at half-mast, his personal pennant was faffling away in a whole new wind.2007, Simon Leigh, Wild Women

Questions about faffled

What is faffled the simple past and past participle of?
Faffled is the simple past and past participle of faffle.

Words near faffled in the dictionary

  1. faffiest
  2. faffing
  3. faffing about
  4. faffing around
  5. faffle
  6. faffled
  7. faffles
  8. faffling
  9. faffs
  10. faffs about
  11. faffs around

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