whiffle

  1. Noun.  A short blow or gust.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) A fife or small flute.
  4. Verb.  to blow a short gust.
  5. Verb.  to waffle, talk aimlessly.
  6. Verb.  (British) to waste time.
  7. Verb.  to travel quickly, whizz, whistle, with an accompanying wind-like sound.
  8. Verb.  (ornithology, of a bird) to descending rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.

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