1. A brief smell or scent
   "She caught a whiff of perfume as he passed by"
    
2. A short light gust of air
   "A whiff of air extinguished the candle flame";
   - puff, puff of air
    
3. A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
   "Whiffs are sometimes caught by bottom-fishing anglers in the Atlantic"
    
4. A strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
   "The pitcher's curveball resulted in another whiff for the struggling batter"

1. Perceive by inhaling through the nose
   "whiff the perfume";
   - sniff
    
2. Drive or carry as if by a puff of air
   "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
    
3. (baseball) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
   "The batter whiffed on a fastball to end the inning"
    
4. Smoke and exhale strongly
   "whiff a pipe";
   - puff
    
5. Utter with a puff of air
   "whiff out a prayer"

Derived forms: whiffed, whiffs, whiffing

Type of: blast, blow, gust, lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder, mouth, smell, smoke, speak, strike out, strikeout, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Part of: Citharichthys, genus Citharichthys

Encyclopedia: Whiff