Whiff

n.	1.
	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.	(Zool.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
v. t.	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.
v. i.	1.	To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Noun	1.	whiff - a short light gust of air Synonyms: puff, puff of air
	2.	whiff - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
	3.	whiff - a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
Verb	1.	whiff - perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume" Synonyms: sniff
	2.	whiff - drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
	3.	whiff - strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
	4.	whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" Synonyms: puff
	5.	whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"

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