WHIFFLE

whiffle

Noun

  1. A short blow or gust
  2. Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
  3. A fife or small flute.

Verb

  1. to blow a short gust
  2. to waffle, talk aimlessly
  3. to waste time
  4. to travel quickly, whizz, whistle, with an accompanying wind-like sound
  5. to descending rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other
  6. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
  7. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
  8. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
  9. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.


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