whiff

Meanings

Noun

• A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
• An odour carried briefly through the air
• A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
• A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
• A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
• An attempted shot that completely misses the ball.
• The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii (species) or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (species).

Verb

• To waft; to throw out in whiffs.
• To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
• To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
• To sniff.
• To consume in whiffs; to puff.
• To miss:
• To fail spectacularly at a task.
• To kill; to assassinate.
• To fish with a handline.

Adjective

• Having a strong or unpleasant odor.

Related

Similar words

• puff, waft
• sniff

Origin

• Related to whip.