3 entries under this word

Whiff

Whĭff, n.

noun

n. [Cf. W. chwiff, a whiff, a hiss, chwiffion, to whiff, hiss, chwaf, chwaf, a strong or quick gust; Icel. veifa, to shake, whirl.] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust of air. “Seasons his whiffs with impertinent jokes.” Pope. With the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. Shak.

An engraved illustration of a flatfish, shown from the side. — *Whiff (R. megastoma).* *Jardine.*

Whiff, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WHIFFED (hwĭft); p. pr. & vb. n. WHIFFING.]

To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
To carry or convey by a puff; to blow.

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.

verbintransitive

v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff; to smoke.