waffle

waffle about

1. To continue speaking wordily in a vague, aimless, or evasive manner. The politician kept waffling about whenever a reporter brought the scandal up. The professor has a bad habit of getting sidetracked and waffling about during her lectures.
2. To be continually indecisive or ineffectual (about some issue). We're never going to get this project finished if you keep waffling about instead of taking charge and making decisions! We waffled about for so long that they sold the house to someone else.
3. To loiter or meander around (some place) in an idle or aimless manner. I hate customers who waffle about at their table after they've finished eating. We waffled about the mall for a few hours while we waited for Tom.
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waffle around

1. To continue speaking wordily in a vague, aimless, or evasive manner. The politician kept waffling around whenever a reporter asked him about the scandal. The professor has a bad habit of getting sidetracked and waffling around during her lectures.
2. To be continually indecisive or ineffectual (about some issue). We're never going to get this project finished if you keep waffling around instead of taking charge and making decisions! We waffled around for so long that they sold the house to someone else.
3. To loiter or meander around (some place) in an idle or aimless manner. I hate customers who waffle around at their table after they've finished eating. We waffled around the mall for a few hours while we waited for Tom.
See also: around, waffle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

waffle around

 and waffle about
to be indecisive; to be wishy-washy about making a decision. Make up your mind. Stop waffling around. Now, don't waffle about. Make up your mind.
See also: around, waffle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • waffle about
  • waffled
  • waffle around
  • sail around
  • noodle about (something)
  • reach out into
  • reach out into (something)
  • roam
  • roam about
  • go walkabout
References in periodicals archive
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Serve three waffles per person, sprinkled with icing sugar and topped with raspberries and a scoop of raspberry or lemon sorbet.
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In the past several years, comfort food in Egypt has been welcomed and has itself welcomed a new addition to the family - the waffle, a soft golden grid that comes in many a shape and tends to disappear under a heavy hand of syrup.
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Cinnamon waffles Ingredients For the toffee sauce 25g butter 75g dark soft brown sugar 120ml double cream 15ml (1 tbsp) golden syrup.
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Use signage to complete the story, touting details like waffle makers with electronic controls that automatically detect the presence of batter.
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Oatmeal cinnamon waffles
Michael Keller, chief brand officer for International Dairy Queen, said, "Our freshly baked waffle bowls and cones could become as big as our Blizzard brand.
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It also loans waffle makers to its clients free of charge when they buy the ingredients.
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The object that triggered this admittedly less than weighty discourse was the Classic Waffle Maker from Cuisinart, East Windsor, N.J., which has merged modern technology with a classic procedure (as reflected in its name) to make a delicious and versatile confection that works equally well at leisurely breakfasts and for desserts smothered in whipped or ice cream, butter or jam, fresh fruit, syrups, and whatever else might please the palate.
Waffling. (What's New?)
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Waffle House Inc., diminished the enforceability of arbitration agreements.
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Waffle House, Inc., (30) the Supreme Court faced the question of whether a binding arbitration agreement in an employment contract limits remedies the EEOC may pursue in an enforcement action against an employer for alleged violations of the ADA.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Walt Disney Co., based in Burbank Cal., is recalling over 1,300 electric waffle irons manufactured by Vitantonio Products.
DISNEY RECALLS VITANTONIO WAFFLE IRON