whiff

/wif/

Thân thiện

The batter swung and missed for a third strike, a final whiff.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A short, light gust or puff of air, smoke, or odor: A brief, gentle flow of something carried through the air.
   • A faint smell or scent: A slight trace of an odor that is briefly perceived.
   • A strikeout in baseball: An instance where a batter swings at and misses the ball for the third strike.

2. Verb:

   • To blow or move lightly in a gust or puff: To be carried or to emit something in a light, brief stream.
   • To inhale or perceive a smell: To sniff or get a faint scent of something.
   • To strike out in baseball: To swing at and miss a pitch for the third strike.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • A whiff of fresh air came through the open window.
  • I caught a whiff of her perfume as she walked by.
  • The pitcher recorded another whiff, his tenth of the game.

• Verb:

  • The wind whiffed through the trees.
  • He whiffed the scent of roses from the garden.
  • The batter whiffed on a fastball to end the inning.

Advanced Usage

• "to take a whiff": to inhale briefly to smell something.

  • He took a whiff of the milk to see if it was fresh.

• "to whiff on (something)": to fail completely or miss an opportunity, extending from the baseball meaning.

  • He really whiffed on that job interview; he wasn't prepared at all.

Variants and Related Words

• Whiffy (adj, informal): having an unpleasant smell.
  • The trash can is getting a bit whiffy.

Synonyms

• Noun: puff, gust, breath, hint, trace.
• Verb: puff, waft, sniff, miss, strike out.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Whiff out: to extinguish something with a puff of air or to strike out in baseball.
  • He whiffed out the candle.
  • The relief pitcher whiffed out the side.

Related Idioms

• "A whiff of (something)": a slight indication or suggestion of something (often negative).
  • There was a whiff of scandal surrounding the politician's resignation.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
3. a short light gust of air

Verb

1. utter with a puff of air
   • whiff out a prayer
2. smoke and exhale strongly
   • puff a cigar
   • whiff a pipe
3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
4. drive or carry as if by a puff of air
   • The gust of air whiffed away the clouds
5. perceive by inhaling through the nose
   • sniff the perfume

Từ đồng nghĩa

• puff
• puff of air
• sniff