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"