whiff
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utter with a puff of air "whiff out a prayer" -
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smoke and exhale strongly "puff a cigar","whiff a pipe" -
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strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third -
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drive or carry as if by a puff of air "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" -
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perceive by inhaling through the nose "sniff the perfume" -
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a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike -
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a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil -
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a short light gust of air
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A glimpse; a hasty view. -
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(Zoöl) The marysole, or sail fluke. -
Whiff
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
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. -
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To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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A slight blast or gust of air; especially, a puff of air conveying some smell. -
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A quick inhalation of air, and especially of smoke; a drawing or drinking; in of smoke; also, a draught or drink, as of wine or liquid. -
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A sudden expulsion of air, smoke, or the like from the mouth; a puff. -
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A hasty view; a glimpse; a gliff. -
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At Oxford and other places on the Thames, a light kind of outrigger boat. It is timber-built throughout, thus differing from a skiff, which is a racing-boat, usually of cedar, and covered with canvas for some distance at the bow and stern. Encyc. Dict. -
whiff
To puff; blow; produce or emit a puff or whiff. -
whiff
To drink. -
whiff
To puff; puff out; exhale; blow: as, to whiff out rings of smoke. -
whiff
To carry as by a slight blast or whiff of wind. -
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To draw in; imbibe; inhale: said of air or smoke, and frequently of liquids also. -
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An anacanthine or malacopterygious fish of the family Pleuronectidæ, a kind of flatfish or flounder, the Cynicoglossus microcephalus, found in British waters; the smear-dab, sail-fluke, or marysole. -
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To fish, as for mackerel, with a hand-line. See whiffing, n.
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hwif a sudden puff of air or smoke from the mouth: a slight blast: a light kind of outrigger boat: -
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to throw out in whiffs: to puff -
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to go out or off in a whiff -
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a fickle, light-headed person -
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hwif to fish with a hand-line -
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hwif (prov.) a glimpse
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. weffe, vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift, a puff, gust, W. chwiff, a whiff, puff
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary W. chwiff, a puff; imit.
Whiffs in final debate over foreign policy. ashingtontimes.com
This week, Los Angeles got a whiff of the future. ired.com
It was not, however, a whiff of burning rubber that gave it away. economist.com
If that idea has the whiff of failure about it, well, sniff again. ired.com
Despite Smoak 's 2 homers, M's whiff way to ugly loss. thenewstribune.com
Or, "A Whiff of Nativism". theatlantic.com
A Wisp of Carbon, a Whiff of Gases. nytimes.com
It's rare to find a Santa Monica-based festival that doesn't take place within a whiff of the ocean. kcet.org
Effort to get team in Clovis whiffs. lamonitor.com
A whiff of glamour , smuggled from the past. mysanantonio.com
President shouldn't whiff on second chance for jobs and oil. ashingtontimes.com
Smith — Gapshots & Whiffs - tsmith@morrisdailyherald.com. morrisdailyherald.com
Giants 10, Astros 0 Cain whiffs 14 in first perfecto for franchise. sfgate.com
Like any familiar scent, the whiff of a new car can tug on our emotions. viamagazine.com
Southwest coach pokes fun at fantasy whiff. blog.mysanantonio.com
Think of a ruler held up vertically on your finger: this very unstable position will lead eventually to its collapse, as a result of a small (or an absence of adequate) motion of your hand or due to any tiny whiff of air.
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Just this last night you will be able to carry away with you a whiff of real sweetbriar. "Rose of Old Harpeth" by
It just needs a whiff of tobacco to complete our enjoyment. "Pearl of Pearl Island" by
You wouldn't mind my taking a whiff, sir, would you? "Red Money" by
I catch the whiff of flowers. "Children of the Market Place" by
For, to tell the truth, Sancho, she gave me such a whiff of raw onions that it was like to upset me altogether. "Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)" by
The doctor had prescribed a tonic and a whiff of Simla frivolity; but Roy paid no heed. "Far to Seek" by
I had to sneak away, behind the shrubbery at the end of the garden, for stealthy whiffs. "Grey Roses" by
It still exhaled, like a whiff of lost roses, something of her vanished grace. "Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man" by
Old men smoke slowly and in great whiffs with long intervals of silence between their observations. "The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories" by
And the whiff of the fresh clover-blossoms? "The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 74, December, 1863" by
Here is a whiff
Of beautiful spring flowers;
The big red rose
Is for your nose,
As toward the sky it towers.
That's only sad that it may please;
It is discreet, and light it is:
A whiff of wind o'er buds in May.
Asking for that expected walk,
(Your nostrils full of the happy rabbit-whiff)
And almost talk.
And to-night no moon we see!"
The skipper, he blew whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he.
And some whose Smoke gave forth a roseate Smell,
And some poor Weeds that told you at a Whiff
How they were made to Give Away, not Sell.
'T is good to be alive, to see the light
That plays upon the grass, to feel (and sigh
With perfect pleasure) the mild breezes stir
Among the garden roses, red and white,
With whiffs of fragrancy.