whiff /ˈhwɪf, ˈwɪf/
 一吹,一吸,一陣香氣,一點點,香煙的一口(vi.)輕輕地吹,噴氣,被三擊出局


 Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
    Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon.   --B. Jonson.


 Whiff n.
 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
 But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
 The unnerved father falls.   --Shak.
 The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
 And a scornful laugh laughed he.   --Longfellow.
 2. A glimpse; a hasty view.  [Prov. Eng.]
 3. Zool. The marysole, or sail fluke.


 Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

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 whiff
      n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: puff, puff of air]
      2: a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England
         to Brazil
      3: a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and
         missing the ball for the third strike
      v 1: perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
           [syn: sniff]
      2: drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air
         whiffed away the clouds"
      3: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the
         third
      4: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
         [syn: puff]
      5: utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"