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maffle

maffle verb: to stammer.

Verb

maffle (third-person singular simple present maffles, present participle maffling, simple past and past participle maffled)

  1. (obsolete) To stammer.
    • it pounceth the stone, expelleth gravel, it puffeth away all ventosity, it keepeth and preserveth the head from whirling, the eyes from dazzling, the tongue from lisping, the mouth from maffling, the teeth from chattering, and the throat from rattling1812, Robert Southey, Omniana, Volume 1/Aqua Vitae

Forms of maffle

third-person singular presentmaffles
present participlemaffling
past participlemaffled
pastmaffled

Words formed from maffle

Words that rhyme with maffle

Questions about maffle

What does maffle mean?
Maffle means to stammer.
What part of speech is maffle?
Maffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of maffle?
The past tense of maffle is maffled.

Words near maffle in the dictionary

  1. maffickers
  2. mafficking
  3. maffickings
  4. mafficks
  5. maffioso
  6. maffle
  7. maffled
  8. maffler
  9. mafflers
  10. maffles
  11. maffling

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