| whiff | 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. 3. <zoology> The marysole, or sail fluke. Origin: OE. Weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. Vift a puff, gust, W. Chwiff a whiff, puff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| whiffing | 1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs. 2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whiffler | 1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler. "Every whiffler in a laced coat who frequents the chocolate house shall talk of the constitution." (Swift) 2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. 3. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger. "Which like a mighty whiffler 'fore the king, Seems to prepare his way." (Shak) "Whifflers, or fifers, generally went first in a procession, from which circumstance the name was transferred to other persons who succeeded to that office, and at length was given to those who went forward merely to clear the way for the procession. . . . In the city of London, young freemen, who march at the head of their proper companies on the Lord Mayor's day, sometimes with flags, were called whifflers, or bachelor whifflers, not because they cleared the way, but because they went first, as whifflers did." 4. <zoology> The golden-eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whiff | a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike |
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| whiff | a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil |
| whiff | a short light gust of air |
| whiff | utter with a puff of air |
| whiff | smoke and exhale strongly |
| whiff | of a baseball batter: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third |
| whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air |
| whiff | perceive by inhaling through the nose |
| whiff | a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike |
| whiff | a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling |
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