Sunday, April 15, 2018

WHIFF

WORD: WHIFF

MEANING:
1.
a. A brief, passing odor carried in the air: a whiff of perfume.
b. A very small trace: a whiff of self-pity in her remarks.
2. An inhalation, as of air or smoke: Take a whiff of this pipe.
3. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft: A whiff of cool air blew into the room.
4. Baseball A strikeout.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Firstly, how Lehmann could not have known about such an elaborate scheme is beyond comprehension. A detailed plan to cheat is laid out, involving the captain and vice-captain, and the coach doesn’t even have a whiff?

PRONOUNCE:
whiff - विफ / ह्विफ

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