haffleEtymologyCompare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).haffle means to stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.verbTo stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.“the clergy were haffling and timid”