waffle, v.
(waffled, waffles, waffling)
(waffled, waffles, waffling)
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 2
hesitate waffle waver
sample sentences
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"verb frames
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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