| anglais > français | |
| whiff | |
| 1. n. Bouffée. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| whiff | |
| 1. n. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air |  |
| 2. n. An odour carried briefly through the air |  |
| 3. n. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. |  |
| 4. n. (figurative) A slight sign of something; a glimpse. |  |
| 5. n. (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective) |  |
| 6. n. The megrim, a fish: or. |  |
| 7. v. To waft. |  |
| 8. v. To sniff. |  |
| 9. v. (intransitive, baseball) To strike out. |  |
| 10. v. (slang) To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing. |  |
| 11. v. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. |  |
| 12. v. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. |  |
| 13. v. (colloquial) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell. |  |
| 14. adj. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor. |  |
| 15. v. To fish with a handline. |  |