Whiffle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move or think erratically; vacillate.
  • verb-intransitive. To blow in fitful gusts; puff: The wind whiffled through the trees.
  • verb-intransitive. To whistle lightly.
  • v. To blow, displace, or scatter with gusts of air.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A short blow or gust
  • n. Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
  • n. A fife or small flute.
  • v. to blow a short gust
  • v. to waffle, talk aimlessly
  • v. to waste time
  • v. to travel quickly, whizz, whistle, with an accompanying wind-like sound
  • v. 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
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
  • verb-intransitive. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
  • v. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
  • v. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
  • n. A fife or small flute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To blow in gusts; hence, to veer about, as the wind.
  • To change from one opinion or course to another; use evasions; prevaricate; be fickle or unsteady; waver.
  • To trifle; talk idly.
  • To disperse with a puff; blow away; scatter.
  • To cause to change, as from one opinion or course to another.
  • To shake or wave quickly.
  • n. A fife.
  • Word Usage
    "Look for a reel with a lightweight, so-called "whiffle" spool, a perforated design that has holes like a Wiffle ball."
    Verb Form
    whiffled    whiffles    whiffling   
    Form
    wiffleball   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prevaricate    scatter   
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