Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles bureaucratic writing.
A style of language, typically used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.
(Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
To smash (something).
Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.