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whiff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | puff, puff of air |
| Type of | gust, blast, blow |
whiff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lefteyed flounder, lefteye flounder |
| Has types | citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff |
whiff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | strikeout |
whiff::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | strike out |
| Derivation | whiffer |
Examples of whiff
whiff
Only here does he get to take a deep breath and smell the tart whiff of failure.
From the newsday.com
This has got the stale whiff of After The Lord Mayor's Show about it, hasn't it?
From the guardian.co.uk
The church is dark and mysterious, rich with a whiff of incense, wax and polish.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A whiff of creepiness perfumes every scene of this film, a distinct eau de perv.
From the guardian.co.uk
That final Sizemore whiff put him within one out of his first career one-hitter.
From the freep.com
That had the effect of sending a whiff of doom across the nation, for one thing.
From the toledoblade.com
It needs to operate without a whiff of all this back-scratching and deal-making.
From the boston.com
But like an ill wind, it carries an unmistakable whiff of chaos and dissipation.
From the timesunion.com
What's not in doubt is that it will matter if there's a whiff of glory and gold.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Puff: a short light gust of air
- Sniff: perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
- A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- Drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
- Strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- Puff: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players (golfers), using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. ...
- Whiffs is a 1975 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Elliott Gould. It is about a gullible private that volunteers to be the subject of numerous military biological and chemical weaponry experiments and later robs banks.
- You have just missed your ball completely and almost screwed yourself into the ground!
