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haffle

haffle verb: to stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.

Verb

haffle (third-person singular simple present haffles, present participle haffling, simple past and past participle haffled)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
    • the clergy were haffling and timid1840, James Everett, Wesleyan Takings

Forms of haffle

third-person singular presenthaffles
present participlehaffling
past participlehaffled
pasthaffled

Origin of haffle

Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).

Questions about haffle

What does haffle mean?
Haffle means to stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
What part of speech is haffle?
Haffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of haffle?
The past tense of haffle is haffled.

Words near haffle in the dictionary

  1. Haffey
  2. Haffeys
  3. haffit
  4. haffits
  5. Haffkinized
  6. haffle
  7. haffled
  8. haffles
  9. haffling
  10. Haffner
  11. Haffners

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