Crossword clues for wiffle
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiffle
hollow, perforated plastic ball, registered trademark name (The Wiffle Ball Inc., Shelton, Connecticut, U.S.), claiming use from 1954. According to the company, designed in 1953 by David N. Mullany "in response to a lack of field space and numerous broken windows by his baseball-playing son," the name based on whiff (q.v.), baseball slang for a missed swing.
Usage examples of "wiffle".
The flow of water over the wiffle boards cooled the air, and after the unremitting thunder of the mill plant it was blessedly quiet.
They dropped from the end of the moving belt into the puddling tank, and from there were pushed by the agitating arms of the revolving sweep down the sloping boards of the wiffle table.