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Whiff   /wɪf/  /hwɪf/   Listen
Whiff

noun
1.
A short light gust of air.  Synonyms: puff, puff of air.
2.
A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil.
3.
A strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike.
verb
(past & past part. whiffed; pres. part. whiffing)
1.
Perceive by inhaling through the nose.  Synonym: sniff.
2.
Drive or carry as if by a puff of air.
3.
Strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third.
4.
Smoke and exhale strongly.  Synonym: puff.  "Whiff a pipe"
5.
Utter with a puff of air.



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"Whiff" Quotes from Famous Books



... a mystery that greatly intrigued us. One morning the mystery was solved. A whiff of tobacco from an upper window came along with a puff of wind. It was a heated whiff, in spite of the cooling breeze. It was from a pipe, a short, black pipe, owned by some one in the Mansard window next door. There ...
— In and Out of Three Normady Inns • Anna Bowman Dodd
... Warne, "that merely to catch a whiff now and then of a fragrance which is singularly pleasant to me, but which I am denied producing for myself, would add to the things that give me comfort. If you wouldn't mind smoking in the hall now and then, or, better yet, by my fireside, ...
— Under the Country Sky • Grace S. Richmond
... opened every room on their way back and searched every nook and corner. Not so much as a pipe or a cigarette or a cigar could they find—nor a whiff of smoke neither. Besides, the port windows were locked shut and the steward had the keys! They're takin' no chances in the ...
— Tom Slade on a Transport • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... forlorn indeed, he aimlessly circled the tent. Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down. Something wriggled under his feet. He sprang back, bristling and snarling, fearful of the unseen and unknown. But a friendly little yelp reassured him, and he went back to investigate. A whiff of warm air ascended to his nostrils, and there, curled up under the snow in a snug ball, lay Billee. He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ...
— The Call of the Wild • Jack London
... insults) of the incorrigible cabmen, from the continuous babel of unmusical voices, and from the reiterated strains of "Santa Lucia" or "Margari" howled from raucous throats or strummed from rickety street-organs. Oh for peace, and rest, and a whiff of pure country air! For there are no walks in or around the City of the Siren, where there is nowhere to stroll save the narrow strip of the much-vaunted Villa (which is either damp or dusty according to weather) or the fatiguing ascent amidst walled gardens and newly built houses to the heights ...
— The Naples Riviera • Herbert M. Vaughan


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