whiff

  1. Noun.  A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air.
  2. Noun.  An odour carried briefly through the air.
  3. Noun.  A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
  4. Noun.  (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective).
  5. Noun.  The megrim, a fish with scientific name ''Lepidorhombus boscii'' or ''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis''.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To waft.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To sniff.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
  9. Verb.  (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
  10. Adjective.  (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.