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