Meaning of WHIFF
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- [n] a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
- [n] a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- [n] a short light gust of air
- [v] utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
- [v] smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- [v] of a baseball batter: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- [v] drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
- [v] perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
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| | Synonyms: | | puff, puff, puff of air, sniff |
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| | See Also: | | blast, blow, blow, Citharichthys, Citharichthys cornutus, genus Citharichthys, gust, horned whiff, lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder, mouth, nose out, scent out, smell, smell out, smoke, sniff out, speak, strike out, strikeout, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
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\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. --Shak.
The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a
scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
\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. --B. Jonson.
\Whiff\, v. i.
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
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