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| NOUN: | The use or an instance of equivocal language: ambiguity, equivocation, equivoque, euphemism, hedge, prevarication, tergiversation, weasel word. Informal : waffle. See CLEAR. | | VERB: | 1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity: equivocate, palter, prevaricate. See TRUE. 2. To use evasive or deliberately vague language: equivocate, euphemize, hedge, tergiversate, weasel. Informal : pussyfoot, waffle. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See CLEAR. 3. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner: blunder, bumble1, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, stagger, stumble. See THRIVE. 4. To drag (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking: scuff, scuffle, shamble. See MOVE. 5. To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement: jumble, scramble. Games : riffle. See CHANGE, ORDER.
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