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Noun whiff has 3 senses

puff, puff of air, whiff - a short light gust of air
--₁ is a kind of gust, blast, blow

Derived forms: verb whiff₂, verb whiff₅
whiff - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
--₂ is a kind of lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder
--₂ is a member of Citharichthys, genus Citharichthys
--₂ has particulars: horned whiff, Citharichthys cornutus
whiff - a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
--₃ is a kind of strikeout

Derived form: verb whiff₃

Verb whiff has 5 senses

sniff, whiff - perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
--₁ is one way to smell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
whiff - drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
--₂ is one way to blow

Derived form: noun whiff₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
whiff - strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
--₃ is one way to strike out

Derived forms: noun whiff₃, noun whiffer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
puff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
--₄ is one way to smoke
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
--₅ is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

Derived form: noun whiff₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something