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waffling Synonyms & Antonyms

What Is Another Word for Waffling?

Instead of waffling you can say beat around the bush or blow hot and cold depending on the context.

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Waffling as a Noun

1

A repetitive speech or response to a question.

Waffling as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of waffle

Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.

2

To smash.

3

(of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.

The geese waffled as they approached the water.

Synonyms & similar words

beat around the bushblow hot and cold
4

To speak or write vaguely and evasively.

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beat around the bushblow hot and cold
5

To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.

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beat around the bushblow hot and cold
6

To vacillate.

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beat around the bushblow hot and cold
7

To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

Synonyms & similar words

beat around the bushblow hot and cold

Waffling in a Sentence

Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.

The geese waffled as they approached the water.

Word Forms & Grammar

waffling (plural wafflings)

waffling

Quick Facts About Waffling

Part of speechnoun, verb
MeaningA repetitive speech or response to a question
Synonymsbeat around the bush and blow hot and cold
Pluralwafflings