| sniff | | |
| n. (act) | 1. sniff, snuff | sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose. |
| ~ smelling, smell | the act of perceiving the odor of something. |
| v. (perception) | 2. sniff, whiff | perceive by inhaling through the nose.; "sniff the perfume" |
| ~ smell | inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. |
| v. (body) | 3. sniff, sniffle | inhale audibly through the nose.; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" |
| ~ breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| whiff | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| n. (animal) | 2. whiff | a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil. |
| ~ lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder | flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head. |
| ~ citharichthys, genus citharichthys | a genus of Bothidae. |
| ~ citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff | a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. |
| n. (act) | 3. whiff | a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. |
| ~ strikeout | an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes. |
| v. (motion) | 4. whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air.; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" |
| ~ blow | cause to move by means of an air current.; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" |
| v. (contact) | 5. whiff | strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ strike out | put out or be put out by a strikeout.; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" |
| v. (consumption) | 6. puff, whiff | smoke and exhale strongly.; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (communication) | 7. whiff | utter with a puff of air.; "whiff out a prayer" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
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