whiff

whiff is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 16 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
2. noun. A glimpse; a hasty view.
3. noun. The marysole, or sail fluke.
4. transitive verb. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
5. transitive verb. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
6. intransitive verb. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
7. noun. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
8. noun. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
9. noun. a short light gust of air

   Synonyms: puff

10. verb. utter with a puff of air

    "whiff out a prayer"

11. verb. smoke and exhale strongly

    "puff a cigar"

    "whiff a pipe"

    Synonyms: puff

12. verb. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
13. verb. drive or carry as if by a puff of air

    "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

14. verb. perceive by inhaling through the nose

    "sniff the perfume"

    Synonyms: sniff

Synonyms

puff, sniff

Common word forms

whiffs, whiffed, whiffer, whiffing, whiffable

Words from these letters

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