whiffer

noun

1. a light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
2. a slight wave or gust of odor; faint momentary smell: a whiff of garlic
3. an inhaling or exhaling, as of tobacco smoke
4. ☆ Informal a complete miss when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion

Origin: echoic

transitive verb

intransitive verb

1. to blow or move in puffs, as in smoking
2. ☆
   1. Informal to miss completely when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
   2. Slang to strike out in baseball