ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Whiffing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Whiffing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of whiff.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of whiff.

More Meanings

  1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
  2. A mode of fishing with a handline for pollock, mackerel, etc.

Example Sentences

[…] the tea had been poured from the cups into the deep saucers from which it would have been drunk with genteel blowings and whiffings, according to the custom of the time.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include puff, sniff, whiffet, whiffle, whiff whaff, whiff waff.

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