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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "whiff"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧁āρāĻ•āĻž

to detect a faint scent by inhaling through the nose
Transitive: to whiff a faint scent
to whiff definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Right now, I am whiffing the fragrance of a delicious meal cooking in the kitchen.
āĻāĻ–āύāχ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻļ⧁āρāĻ•āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āρ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻ•āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to utter something with a quick exhale of breath
Transitive: to whiff a remark
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He whiffed a curse word as he stubbed his toe on the table.
āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āρāϕ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āρ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to exhale the smoke from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking device
Transitive: to whiff a smoke
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite his efforts to quit, he still occasionally whiffed a cigarette.
āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϟ āϟāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in sports) to swing and miss while attempting to hit a ball
Intransitive: to whiff at a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With a powerful swing, he whiffed at the tennis ball, narrowly missing it.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āύāĻŋāϏ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ whiff āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to carry something by or as if by a sudden puff or gust of air
Transitive: to whiff a scent or smell somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As she opened the window, it whiffed the fragrance of blooming flowers into the room.
āϏ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇āχ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž

a short light gust of air
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚

a swing and miss by the batter, where the bat fails to make contact with the ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter 's whiff on the curveball gave the pitcher an advantage.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāω āχāĻ‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ

a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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