A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
(archaic, broadly) A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
A flag used as a signal.
Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
(figuratively) A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
(figuratively) A slight attack or touch.
(figuratively) A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
(figuratively) A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
(US, figuratively, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
(US, figuratively, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
(archaic) An expulsion of explosive or shot.
An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
(obsolete) A sip of an alcoholic beverage.

(transitive) To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
(transitive) To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
(transitive) To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
(transitive) To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
(archaic, dated, slang, transitive) To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
(US, slang, transitive) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
(obsolete, transitive) To consume (an alcoholic beverage).
(intransitive) To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
(intransitive) To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
(intransitive) To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
(intransitive) To smell; to sniff.
(intransitive, slang) To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
(US, intransitive, slang) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
(broadly, intransitive, slang) To fail spectacularly.
(intransitive, slang) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
(intransitive) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.

Having a strong or unpleasant odour.

Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.

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