waff
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Verb
waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffing, simple past and past participle waffed)
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")