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Whiffer

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Noun

1. whiffer

a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Whiffer

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noun
1. 
a passing odour
2. 
a brief gentle gust of air
3. 
a single inhalation or exhalation from the mouth or nose
verb
4. 
to come, convey, or go in whiffs; puff or waft
5. 
to take in or breathe out (tobacco smoke, air, etc)
6. (transitive)
to sniff or smell
7. (intransitive) British slang
to have an unpleasant smell; stink
noun
mainly British
a narrow clinker-built skiff having outriggers, for one oarsman

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Whiffer

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noun
1. 
a light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
2. 
a slight wave or gust of odor; faint momentary smell
a whiff of garlic
3. 
an inhaling or exhaling, as of tobacco smoke
4.  US, Informal
a complete miss when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
verb transitive
5. 
to blow or propel (tobacco smoke, etc.) with a puff or gust; waft
verb intransitive
6. 
to blow or move in puffs, as in smoking
7.  US
a.  Informal
to miss completely when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
b.  Slang
to strike out in baseball

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Whiffer

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n.
1.
a. A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume.
b. A very small trace: a whiff of self-pity in her remarks.
2. An inhalation, as of air or smoke: Take a whiff of this pipe.
3. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft: A whiff of cool air blew into the room.
4. Baseball A strikeout.
v. whiffed, whiff·ing, whiffs
v.intr.
1. To be carried in brief gusts; waft: puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.
2. Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.
3. Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.
v.tr.
1. To inhale through the nose; sniff: a dog whiffing the air.
2. Baseball To strike out (a batter).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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