Crossword-Solution: WHIFF
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Whiff | n. | A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. |
| Whiff | n. | A glimpse; a hasty view. |
| Whiff | n. | The marysole, or sail fluke. |
| Whiff | v. t. | To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff. |
| Whiff | v. t. | To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. |
| Whiff | v. i. | To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with WHIFF (5)
They transgressed without fear or scruple, the rules of behaviour that were binding on all others: smoking tobacco under the beadle’s very nose, although each whiff would have cost a townsman a shilling; and quaffing at their pleasure, draughts of wine or aqua-vitæ from pocket flasks, which they freely tendered to the gaping crowd around them.
The vapor floated away; the atmosphere became, clear again; a whiff of fresh air filled the tent, and the pink curtains of the couch trembled slightly, as if stirred from within.
However, there was no other way; so with such show of cheerfulness as they could muster they called for the pipe and took their whiff as it passed, in due form.
Now there was left with him, at least, a philosophic acquiescence to the existing order—only a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little whiff of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.
They haven't received a whiff of cod-liver oil for three whole weeks! At that point he exploded, and all was joy and excitement and hysterics.
Quotes with WHIFF (3)
Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell. I wonder what will someday bring back Dex and our few months together. Maybe the sound of Dido's voice. Maybe the scent of the Aveda shampoo I've been using all summer.
I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
How long your closet held a whiff of you, Long after hangers hung austere and bare. I would walk in and suddenly the true Sharp sweet sweat scent controlled the air And life was in that small still living breath. Where are you? since so much of you is here, Your unique odour quite ignoring death. My hands reach out to touch, to hold what's dear And vital in my longing empty arms. But other clothes fill up the space, your space, And scent on scent send out strange false alarms…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1961–2025).