waffle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
construction
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Dutch wafel (“waffle; wafer”), from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave; compare, from the same verbal root, German Wabe (“honeycomb”), given that the grid pattern of the traditional Dutch lent and holiday pastry strikingly resembles a honeycomb), and possibly reinforced by German Waffel (“waffle; wafer”). The English word is a doublet of wafer and gauffre.
The verb (“to smash”) derives from the manner in which batter is pressed into the shape of a waffle between the two halves of a waffle iron.
Inflected forms:
form: waffles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: waffles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waffling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: waffled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: waffled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.
This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.
gloss: In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
gloss: A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
examples: Both joists and slab are cast in place to form a monolithic unit, integral with the supporting beams and columns. The joists form a characteristic waffle pattern on the underside. Structural design of joist construction: one-way or waffle flat slab […]
The most widely used type of waffle construction is the waffle flat slab, in which solid portions around column supports are […] These beams may be produced as projections below the waffle, as shown […]
In one-way (pan joist) and two-way (waffle) joist construction, a similar layout is usually adopted.
gloss: A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
gloss: To smash (something).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The cab was waffled in between the two, Marsh never having a prayer or even a full comprehension of what happened to him. He was crushed flat, never even hearing the deafening screech of metal.
These were not the Cowboys who were waffled, 45–14, here at mid-season. They came prepared to play a championship football game, with an ultra-conservative game plan suited to the horrendous turf conditions, and came close to pulling it off …
Then I waffled him and knocked him down. Why I cut myself open with the razor, I'm not completely sure. I was like the idiot in a bar who gets all worked up and smashes a bottle over his head [...]
Bednarik, however, says the play became legendary only because of the circumstances. "I did it [...] to the top honcho. He just happened to be there and the pass was thrown to him. I waffled him cleanly." [...] "He just cold-cocked Frank," said linebacker Bob Pellegrini, whose injury sent Bednarik into the game to play defense.
Derived words: Belgian waffle
blue waffle
blue waffle disease
bubble waffle
croffle
egg waffle
fawaffle
waffle cone
waffled
waffle fries
waffle hole
wafflehouse
waffle house
Waffle House Index
waffle iron
waffle maker
waffle slab
waffle stomp
waffle-stomp
waffle-stomper
waffle stomper
waffsicle
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