Whiff

[Whiff]

A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell. When you drive past the sewage treatment plant and suddenly roll up your car windows, it's usually because you've gotten a whiff of the plant's special odor.

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A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

Noun
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

Noun
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil

Noun
a short light gust of air

Verb
utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"

Verb
smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"

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Verb
strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third

Verb
drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

Verb
perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"

n.
A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

n.
A glimpse; a hasty view.

n.
The marysole, or sail fluke.

v. t.
To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

v. t.
To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.

v. i.
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Whiff

Whiff , n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls.

The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.

2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (Zo'94l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.

Whiff

Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.] 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.

Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon.

Whiff

Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

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Usage Examples

I trust every single person around me, and if I feel even a whiff of uncertainty I won't have that person around me.

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