Whiff word meaning and definition

[noun] a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
[noun] a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
[noun] a short light gust of air
[verb] utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
[verb] smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
[verb] of a baseball batter: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
[verb] drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
[verb] perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"

\Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. 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 whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow. 2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
\Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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 body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon. --B. Jonson.
\Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

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