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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups: sci.lang
Subject: Re: To waffle, =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98to?= waver, to vacillate, to
 equivocate, to =?UTF-8?Q?dither=E2=80=99?=
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:05:43 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-04-25, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> AHD (American, ca.1970) has neither -- no verb "waffle".

AHD (5th ed., 2022) is online.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=waffle
1. To be unable to make a decision; waver
2. To speak or write evasively

> I can't make M-W work on this machine; so awaiting information on its 
> current status in the USA,

M-W.com also lists both meanings.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de