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whiff
noun
- a light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
- a slight wave or gust of odor; faint momentary smell: a whiff of garlic
- an inhaling or exhaling, as of tobacco smoke
- ☆ Informal a complete miss when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
transitive verb
to blow or propel (tobacco smoke, etc.) with a puff or gust; waft
intransitive verb
- to blow or move in puffs, as in smoking
- ☆
- Informal to miss completely when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
- Slang to strike out in baseball
Related Forms:
- whiffer noun
See whiff in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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