whiffle.
A short blow or gust.
Meaning & usage
A short blow or gust.
A male haircut done with electric clippers.
Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A fife or small flute.
Where this word comes from
1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
To blow a short gust.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
To waste time.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
Where this word comes from
1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
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