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waffled

adj

Etymology

From waffle + -ed.

  1. derived from Waffel — “waffle; wafer”
  2. derived from *webʰ-✻ — “to braid, weave”
  3. derived from *wēbilǭ✻
  4. derived from *wāvila✻
  5. derived from wafel
  6. borrowed from wafel — “waffle; wafer”
  7. suffixed as waffled — “waffle + ed”

Definitions

  1. Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.

    • The US "pineapple" grenade's iron outer surface was waffled to aid its fragmentation into jagged shrapnel when it exploded.
    • In a light white dress that I think was waffled cotton, or possibly a very light pastel blue. The color occurs to me when I look at the photo, unembodied, floating alongside of it. It's in black and white. Probably snapped before color […]
    • Nate and Amy were waiting in the lobby of the Maui county jail in Wailuku, sitting in metal chairs designed to promote discomfort and waffled butt skin.

  2. simple past and past participle of waffle

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA