whiff

whiff  (hwf, wf)

n.

1. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft: a whiff of cool air.

2.

a. A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume.

b. A minute trace: "Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it" Anthony Burgess.

3. An inhalation, as of air or smoke: Take a whiff of this pipe.

4. Baseball A strikeout.

v. whiffed, whiff·ing, whiffs

v.intr.

1. To be carried in brief gusts; waft: puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.

2. Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.

3. Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.

v.tr.

1. To blow or convey in whiffs.

2. To inhale through the nose; sniff: a dog whiffing the air.

3. Baseball To strike out (a batter).

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[Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe, offensive smell.]

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whiffer n.

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whiff

Noun

1. a passing odour: I got a whiff of her perfume

2. a trace or hint: the first whiff of jealousy [imitative]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whiff - a short light gust of air puff, puff of air gust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
	2.	whiff - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder - flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head Citharichthys, genus Citharichthys - a genus of Bothidae Citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff - a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
	3.	whiff - a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike strikeout - an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
Verb	1.	whiff - perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume" sniff smell - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
	2.	whiff - drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" blow - cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
	3.	whiff - strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" strike out - put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning"
	4.	whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" puff smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
	5.	whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer" mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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whiff

noun 1. smell, hint, scent, sniff, aroma, odour, draught, niff Brit. (slang)

noun 2. Brit. (slang) stink, stench, reek, pong Brit. (informal) niff Brit. (slang) malodour, hum (slang)

noun 3. trace, suggestion, hint, suspicion, bit, drop, note, breath, whisper, shred, crumb, tinge, jot, smidgen (informal) soupçon

noun 4. puff, breath, flurry, waft, rush, blast, draught, gust

verb 5. Brit. (slang) stink, stench, reek, pong Brit. (informal) niff Brit. (slang) hum (slang)

Translations

whiff [wɪf] n → bocanada;

to catch a whiff of sth → oler algo

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whiff [wɪf] n → bouffée f;

to catch a whiff of sth → sentir l'odeur de qch

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whiff [wɪf] n [of perfume] → Hauch m [of petrol, smoke] → Geruch m;

to catch a whiff of sth → den Geruch von etw wahrnehmen

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whiff [wɪf] n → odore m;

to catch a whiff of sth → sentire l'odore di qc