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- DictionaryWhiff/(h)wif/
noun
- 1. a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly: "I caught a whiff of peachy perfume"
- 2. a puff or breath of air or smoke: "whiffs of smoke emerged from the boiler"
verb
- 1. get a brief or faint smell of: "he screwed up his nose as if he'd whiffed Limburger"
- 2. (chiefly in baseball or golf) try unsuccessfully to hit the ball. informal North American
a slight sign of something: They regularly hold elections without a whiff of corruption or violence. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. whiff. verb. us / wɪf / uk / wɪf / whiff verb (SMELL) [ I ] to have an unpleasant smell : The whole house is beginning to whiff a bit. The room whiffed of gas.
n. 1. a. A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume. b. A very small trace: a whiff of self-pity in her remarks. 2. An inhalation, as of air or smoke: Take a whiff of this pipe. 3. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft: A whiff of cool air blew into the room. 4. Baseball A strikeout. v. whiffed, whiff·ing, whiffs. v.intr. 1.
A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell. When you drive past the sewage treatment plant and suddenly roll up your car windows, it's usually because you've gotten a whiff of the plant's special odor. Whiff can be used as either a noun or verb, and it implies a brief or small puff or sniff.
6 days ago · 1. a passing odour. 2. a brief gentle gust of air. 3. a single inhalation or exhalation from the mouth or nose. verb. 4. to come, convey, or go in whiffs; puff or waft. 5. to take in or breathe out ( tobacco smoke, air, etc) 6. (transitive) to sniff or smell. 7. (intransitive) British slang. to have an unpleasant smell; stink.
whiff (of something) a slight sign or feeling of something. a whiff of danger. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. (North American English) (in golf or baseball) an unsuccessful attempt to hit the ball Topics Sports: ball and racket sports c2. Word Origin.
noun. a trace or hint: a whiff of scandal. a slight trace of odor or smell: a whiff of onions. a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke, or the like: a whiff of fresh air. a single inhalation or exhalation of air, tobacco smoke, or the like: I tried smoking once, but had a coughing fit after the first whiff and gave up.
a smell that you only smell for a short time: I just caught a whiff of garlic from the kitchen. (Definition of whiff from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of whiff. in Chinese (Traditional) 一陣氣味，一股味道… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 一阵气味，一股味道… See more. in Spanish. olorcillo, bocanada, vaharada…
