Whiff (?), n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff,
probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W.
chwiff a whiff, puff.]
1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a
quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls.
Shak.
The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) The marysole, or sail
fluke.
Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to
puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff;
to puff or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having
a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up
into the moon.
B. Jonson.
Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of
smoke; to puff.
Whiff (?), n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff,
probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W.
chwiff a whiff, puff.]
1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a
quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls.
Shak.
The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) The marysole, or sail
fluke.
Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to
puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff;
to puff or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having
a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up
into the moon.
B. Jonson.
Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of
smoke; to puff.
