As a noun gaffles
is plural of gaffle.
As a verb haffles is
third-person singular of haffle.
haffles
English
Verb
(head)
(haffle) haffle
English
Verb
(
haffl)
(UK, dialect) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
- (Halliwell)
(
Webster 1913)