Whif·fle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffling ]
1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy. --I. Watts.