whiffer

Variant of whiff

whiff definition

whiff (hwif, wif)

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

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb

to blow or propel (tobacco smoke, etc.) with a puff or gust; waft

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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