whiff
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -ɪf
[edit] Noun
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whiff (plural whiffs)
- 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
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A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
An odour carried briefly through the air
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A strike
The megrim
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[edit] Verb
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to whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)
- (transitive) To waft.
- (transitive) To sniff.
- (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
- (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, esp. being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
[edit] Translations
To waft
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To sniff
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To strike out
to attempt to strike and miss
[edit] Adjective
whiff (comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)
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- (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking [1]
- Whoo boy that gear oil is pretty whiff. If you actually do this, spend the extra money for the synthetic gear oil as it will not have as bad a sulfur stink as the regular stuff.
- 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking [1]