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| 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. | |
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