VERB | perception | whiff, sniff | perceive by inhaling through the nose |
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motion | whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air | |
contact | whiff | strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third | |
consumption | whiff, puff | smoke and exhale strongly | |
communication | whiff | utter with a puff of air | |
NOUN | phenomenon | whiff, puff, puff of air | a short light gust of air |
animal | whiff | a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil | |
act | whiff | a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike |
Sounds | hhwih'f; wih'f | |
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Rhymes | bailiff ... Wickliffe: 18 rhymes with ihf... |
Meaning | A short light gust of air. | |
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Synonyms | puff, puff of air | |
Broader | gust, blast, blow | A strong current of air |
Spanish | bocanada, bocanadas, soplo, vaharada | |
Catalan | bafarada | |
Verbs | whiff | utter with a puff of air |
whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air |
Meaning | A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil. | |
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Member of | Citharichthys, genus Citharichthys | A genus of Bothidae |
Narrower | horned whiff, Citharichthys cornutus | A whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil |
Broader | lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder | flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head |
Meaning | A strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. | |
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Broader | strikeout | An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes |
Verbs | whiff | strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third |
Meaning | perceive by inhaling through the nose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | sniff | |
Broader | smell | inhale the odor of |
Spanish | oliscar, olisquear |
Meaning | Drive or carry as if by a puff of air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" | |
Broader | blow | Cause to move by means of an air current |
Nouns | whiff | a short light gust of air |
Meaning | strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
Broader | strike out | Put out or be put out by a strikeout |
Nouns | whiff | a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike |
whiffer | a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike |
Meaning | Smoke and exhale strongly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "whiff a pipe" | |
Synonym | puff | |
Broader | smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
Meaning | Utter with a puff of air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "whiff out a prayer" | |
Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
Nouns | whiff | a short light gust of air |
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