whiff in English dictionary

  • whiff

    Meanings and definitions of "whiff"

    • A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
    • An odour carried briefly through the air
    • A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe
    • (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
    • The megrim, a fish with scientific name Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
    • (transitive) To waft.
    • (transitive) To sniff.
    • (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
    • (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
    • (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
    • adjective
      (colloquial)
      Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
    • noun
      A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
    • noun
      An odour carried briefly through the air
    • noun
      A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      a slight sign of something; a glimpse
    • noun
      (baseball)
      A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
    • noun
      The megrim, a fish Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To waft.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To sniff.
    • verb
      (intransitive, baseball)
      To strike out.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
    • verb
      To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
    • verb
      To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
    • waft; brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air
    • odour carried briefly through the air
    • short inhalation of breath
    • megrim
    • waft
    • sniff
    • smacks of ...
    • noun
      a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
    • noun
      a short light gust of air
    • noun
      a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
    • 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"
    • verb
      smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
    • verb
      strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
    • verb
      utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"

    Synonyms of "whiff" in English dictionary

    smoke, gust, smell are the top synonyms of "whiff" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of whiff

    • whiff ( third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
    • whiff ( comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)
    • whiff ( plural  whiffs)
    • whiff (comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)
    • whiff (plural whiffs)
    • whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
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