whiff

whiff

whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)

1. (transitive) To waft.
2. (transitive) To sniff.
3. (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
4. (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.

whiff (plural whiffs)

1. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
2. An odour carried briefly through the air
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ann Coulter

     everyone has always known, widely promiscuous heterosexual men have, as I say, a whiff of the bathhouse about them.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacobs Room Chapter 2

     A whiff of rotten eggs had vanquished the pale clouded yellows which came pelting across the orchard and up Dods Hill and away on to the moor…

3. A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe
4. (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
5. The megrim, a fish with scientific name Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

whiff (comparative more whiff, superlative most whiff)

1. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
   • 2002: Jim Rozen, Way oil in rec.crafts.metalworking

     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.

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Altri significati:

An odour carried briefly through the air

The megrim, a fish with scientific name Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

waft

megrim

(colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.

sniff

(slang) to attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.

(intransitive, baseball) To strike out.

odour carried briefly through the air

(baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)

(transitive) To waft.

short inhalation of breath

waft; brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air

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A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air

A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe

(transitive) To sniff.

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