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waffled

waffled adjective: having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases. Also the simple past and past participle of waffle.

Adjective

waffled (comparative more waffled, superlative most waffled)

  1. Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
    • The US "pineapple" grenade's iron outer surface was waffled to aid its fragmentation into jagged shrapnel when it exploded.2001, Randy Holderfield, Michael J. Varhola, D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, page 73
    • In a light white dress that I think was waffled cotton, or possibly a very light pastel blue. The color occurs to me when I look at the photo, unembodied, floating alongside of it. It's in black and white. Probably snapped before color […]2001, Rela Mazali, Maps of Women's Goings and Stayings, page 213

Also used as

waffled is also the simple past and past participle of waffle.

Examples of waffled in a sentence

  • Nate and Amy were waiting in the lobby of the Maui county jail in Wailuku, sitting in metal chairs designed to promote discomfort and waffled butt skin.2004, Christopher Moore, Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 85:
  • You have seen catering trucks: shiny stainless steel that is waffled with creases that look like diamonds.2007, Paul Ferrara, Flash of Eden, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38:

Forms of waffled

comparativemore waffled
superlativemost waffled

Origin of waffled

From waffle + -ed.

Questions about waffled

What does waffled mean?
Waffled means having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
How do you use waffled in a sentence?
Nate and Amy were waiting in the lobby of the Maui county jail in Wailuku, sitting in metal chairs designed to promote discomfort and waffled butt skin.
What part of speech is waffled?
Waffled is an adjective.

Words near waffled in the dictionary

  1. waffle-stomped
  2. waffle-stomper
  3. waffle-stompers
  4. waffle-stomping
  5. waffle-stomps
  6. waffled
  7. wafflehouse
  8. wafflehouses
  9. waffleless
  10. wafflemaker
  11. wafflemakers

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