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Whiffled

Whiffle \Whif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffling.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.]

  1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
    --D?mpier.

  2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

    A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy.
    --I. Watts.

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whiffled

vb. (en-past of: whiffle)

Usage examples of "whiffled".

I saw a few high contrails, and once a copter whiffled past a mile away at treetop level.

I was still admiring this view when something big and dark with lots of blue and red navigation lights whiffled overhead and disappeared over the ridge.

The Gi representative, RipRip Muml, whiffled its plumage in a gesture of libido suppression and sealed off four of its eight sensory circuits.

Dolwys whiffled as though startled, and I remembered that I was a water ox which would have been startled at such a sight and whiffled with him, hearing Izia’s voice, “Shaaa, shaaa, shaa, still now, nothing to bother about, my strong ones.

The bolt whiffled past Corporal Nobbs' ear and landed in the river, where it stuck.

The bolt whiffled past Corporal Nobbs’ ear and landed in the river, where it stuck.