| Noun | 1. | whiff - a short light gust of airgust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" | |
| 2. | whiff - a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil | |
| 3. | whiff - a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strikestrikeout - an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes | |
| Verb | 1. | whiff - perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"smell - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense | |
| 2. | whiff - drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"blow - cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" | |
| 3. | whiff - strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the thirdbaseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" strike out - put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" | |
| 4. | whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" | |
| 5. | whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer" | |