waffle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
waffle1 informal

▶verb

• 1 Brit. speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

• 2 N. Amer. fail to make up one's mind.

▶noun

• 1 Brit. lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.

• 2 US a failure to make up one's mind.

– derivatives
waffler noun,
waffly adjective.

– origin C17 (orig. in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dial. waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
waffle2

▶noun a small crisp batter cake, baked in a waffle iron and eaten hot with butter or syrup.

– origin C18: from Du. wafel; cf. wafer and goffer.