whiff
//wɪf//
Noun
whiffSingular
whiffsPlural
1
A brief, faint smell carried through the air.
I caught a whiff of fresh coffee from the kitchen.
2
A slight trace or hint of something.
There was a whiff of scandal surrounding the politician.
3
A puff or slight gust of air or smoke.
A whiff of smoke drifted through the open window.
Verb
whiffPresent tense
whiffedPast tense
whiffedPast participle
whiffingPresent participle
whiffsThird-person singular
1
To smell or sniff something briefly.
She whiffed the flowers as she walked past the garden.
2
To blow or move with a light puff.
The curtain whiffed gently in the breeze.
3
(In baseball) To swing at and miss a pitch; to strike out.
The batter whiffed on a fastball to end the inning.