Meanings
verbfaffle (third-person singular simple present faffles, present participle faffling, simple past and past participle faffled)
present singular third person faffles · participle present faffling · participle past faffled · past faffled
- to flap, like a flag
From drooping at half-mast, his personal pennant was faffling away in a whole new wind.
2007, Simon Leigh, Wild Women
Origin
Compare famble, maffle and waffle.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
faffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffle
MLA
“faffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faffle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faffle.
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