a short light gust of air
Used in a Sentence
whiff
How to use whiff in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for whiff.
Editorial note
The iCloud has a whiff of the same hubris.
Examples17
Definitions8
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a short light gust of air
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of whiff gathered in one view.
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for whiff.
noun
a short light gust of air
See also: puff
noun
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
noun
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
verb
perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
See also: sniff
verb
drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
verb
strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
verb
smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
See also: puff
verb
utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
Example sentences
The iCloud has a whiff of the same hubris.
A lot of them whiff when exposed to actual customers.
I love cutting a bell pepper and catching a whiff of its fresh smell in my nostrils.
What would really help is a small demo video just to get a whiff of what the IDE feels like.
I've always thought that Autonomy had a strong whiff of fraud about it.
>Sometimes I get a whiff of nostalgia from posts like this.
We had a whiff of that with the web so far, but it could be so much more powerful, so much simpler, so much more elegant.
Yet, here are companies with permission to engage their users through email and they totally whiff.
Plenty of individual investors are eager to turn into gold bugs at the faintest whiff of a downturn.
It's possible that my gag reflex to a strong whiff of body odor is entirely a creation of marketing.
Sure the garbage smells bad, but it's mostly just a matter of learning not to keep inhaling after you catch a whiff of something rank on the breeze.
They can also hand over absolutely all of it to law enforcement at the slightest whiff of liability.
This seems to be to be a clear abuse of monopoly power or at least market share, and there isn't even a whiff of transparent, due process in it.
While the charges of whining/evil has a whiff of truth to them, this is just example #1001 that Microsoft and humor should be kept at a very safe distance from each other.
This is the one in a thousand/million fairy-tale of the frivolous app dreamed up in coffee shops, fuelled by rapid investment and sold for vast sums to a tech giant without so much as a whiff of a business model.
Please remember this article the next time you're inclined to say "Why did Paypal freeze pre-orders of a promising new startup when they clearly look like intelligent, diligent founders and have not a whiff of scam risk about them?
I get that it's popular to automatically dismiss something when you catch so much as a whiff of religious overtones, but the student did in fact also mention privacy as an issue of why she refused to wear the badge.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use whiff in a sentence?
The iCloud has a whiff of the same hubris.
What does whiff mean?
a short light gust of air
What part of speech is whiff?
whiff is commonly used as noun, verb.