Synonyms of waffle
54 similar words
Another word for waffle is whiffle. Other synonyms of waffle are beat around the bush, blow hot and cold, babble, bat the breeze and blab.
Synonyms and similar words for waffle
verbTo speak or write evasively or vaguely.
- beat around the bushTo delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
verbOf a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
- whiffleTo waffle, talk aimlessly.
verbTo be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
- blow hot and coldTo behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
verbOften followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to...
- babble
- bat the breeze USTo chat; to shoot the breeze.
- blab
- blabber
- blather
- chat
- chatter
- chew the fatTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.
- chew the ragSynonym of chew the fat.
- chinwagTo chat, to gossip.
- chit-chatTo engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
- chunnerTo talk tiresomely or at length; to chatter on.
- clack
- claver British, dialectalTo gossip or chit-chat.
- clepe British, dialectal
- drivel
- jabber
- gabble
- gibberTo jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
- go on
- maunder
- natter
- palaverTo discuss with much talk.
- piffle
- prateTo talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
- prattleTo speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.
- rabbit British, dialectal
- rabbit on British, dialectalTo talk for an exceedingly long time, annoying the audience.
- ramble
- shoot the breeze USTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.
- shoot the bullTo chinwag; to talk idly.
- shoot the shit slang, vulgarTo chat casually; to gossip.
- smatter
- tattle
- twaddleTo talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
- wibble British
- witter
- yabberTo talk, jabber.
- yack
- yatterTo natter; to prattle; to chatter mindlessly.
- yap
- carp obsoleteTo talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
noun(Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
- bavardageChatter, banter.
- bibble-babbleIdle talk; babble.
- blabbingGossip; the telling of tales or of confidences.
- blathering
- hot air
- mardle British, dialectalA chat or gossip.
- scuttlebutt slangGossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
- small talkIdle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out...
- yackety-yakProlonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip.
Meaning of waffle
- noun A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
- noun In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
- noun A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
waffle in other languages
Questions about synonyms of waffle
- What is another word for waffle?
- Waffle has 54 synonyms on Word.ws, such as whiffle, beat around the bush, blow hot and cold, babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber and blather.
- What does waffle mean?
- Waffle means a flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
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