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Look up: whiff

  1. whiff
    [n] - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil 2. [n] - a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike 3. [v] - drive or carry as if by a puff of air 4. [v] - of a baseball batter: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third 5. [v] - utter with a puff of air
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Whiff
    Whiff noun [ Middle English weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; confer Danish vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. « But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls.» Shak. « The skipper, he blew a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/30

  3. Whiff
    Whiff transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Whiffed ; present participle & verbal noun Whiffing .] 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. « Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear b ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/30

  4. Whiff
    Whiff intransitive verb To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/30

  5. whiff
    1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. 'But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls.' (Shak) 'The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.' (Longfellow) ... 2. A glimpse; a hasty view. ... 3. <zoology> The marysole, or sail fluke.< ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. whiff
    noun a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. whiff
    noun a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Whiff
    • (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view. • (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. • (v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. • (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. • (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke. • (v. t.) To throw out in...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. whiff
    (from the article `cigar`) ...it had a finished top that had to be cut off before smoking. A cheroot is a thin cigar, open at both ends, usually thicker and stubbier than a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/29

  10. whiff
    1. a short light gust of air
    2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
    3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

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