Raffle vs. Waffle

Rafflenoun

A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.

Rafflenoun

(obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes.

Rafflenoun

refuse; rubbish

Raffleverb

(transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.

Raffleverb

(intransitive) To participate in a raffle.

Rafflenoun

A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

Rafflenoun

A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

Rafflenoun

Refuse; rubbish; raff.

Raffleverb

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raffleverb

To dispose of by means of a raffle; - often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Rafflenoun

a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Raffleverb

dispose of in a lottery;

Raffle

A raffle is a gambling competition in which people obtain numbered tickets, each of which has the chance of winning a prize. At a set time, the winners are drawn at random from a container holding a copy of each number.

Wafflenoun

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.

Wafflenoun

A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.

Wafflenoun

(uncountable) Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive.

Waffleverb

To smash.

Waffleverb

To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle.

Waffleverb

To speak or write vaguely and evasively.

Waffleverb

To speak or write at length without any clear point or aim.

Waffleverb

To vacillate.

Waffleverb

(transitive) To rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence.

Wafflenoun

A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

Wafflenoun

A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

Wafflenoun

pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

Waffleverb

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;

Waffleverb

speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner

Waffleverb

fail to make up one's mind

Wafflenoun

lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing

Wafflenoun

a failure to make up one's mind

Wafflenoun

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

Waffleadjective

denoting a style of fine honeycomb weaving or a fabric woven to give a honeycomb effect.

Waffle

A waffle is a dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron and recipe used.