waff
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English waffe, northern variant of waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave”). Compare also Middle English waf, wayfe (“smell; waft; odour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waf/, /wɔf/
Verb
waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffin, simple past wafft, past participle wafft)
- to wave, to move to and fro
Descendants
- waffle (Etymology 2) (in the sense "vacillate")
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