WHIFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does whiff mean?
• WHIFF (noun)
The noun WHIFF has 3 senses:
1. a short light gust 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
Familiarity information: WHIFF used as a noun is uncommon.
• WHIFF (verb)
The verb WHIFF has 5 senses:
1. perceive by inhaling through the nose
2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air
3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
4. smoke and exhale strongly
5. utter with a puff of air
Familiarity information: WHIFF used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• WHIFF (noun)
Meaning:
A short light gust of air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
puff; puff of air; whiff
Hypernyms ("whiff" is a kind of...):
blast; blow; gust (a strong current of air)
Meaning:
A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("whiff" is a kind of...):
lefteye flounder; lefteyed flounder (flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiff"):
Citharichthys cornutus; horned whiff (whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil)
Holonyms ("whiff" is a member of...):
Citharichthys; genus Citharichthys (a genus of Bothidae)
Meaning:
A strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whiff" is a kind of...):
strikeout (an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes)
• WHIFF (verb)
Meaning:
Perceive by inhaling through the nose
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
sniff; whiff
Context example:
sniff the perfume
Hypernyms (to "whiff" is one way to...):
smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Drive or carry as if by a puff of air
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The gust of air whiffed away the clouds
Hypernyms (to "whiff" is one way to...):
blow (cause to move by means of an air current)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "whiff" is one way to...):
strike out (put out or be put out by a strikeout)
Domain category:
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Smoke and exhale strongly
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
puff; whiff
Context examples:
puff a cigar / whiff a pipe
Hypernyms (to "whiff" is one way to...):
smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Utter with a puff of air
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
whiff out a prayer
Hypernyms (to "whiff" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
