The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon.
--B. Jonson.
Whiffing \Whiff"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of one who, or that which, whiffs. 2 A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc. vb. (present participle of whiff English)
Usage examples of "whiffing".
God, think of Reggie, corkscrewed at the plate after whiffing a third strike.