Whiff'fle1, v. i.
(whĭf'f'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. WHIFFLED; p. pr. & vb. n. WHIFFLING.] [A-S. wæflan, wæflian, to babble, to whiffle, D. weifelen, to waver, Icel. weifla, to shake often.] To waver or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to start, shift, and turn; to change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle and unsteady.
A person of whiffling and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of a controversy. Watts.