whiff (hw f, 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). [Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe, offensive smell.] whiff  er n. |
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