Noun

• S: (n) puff (puff%1:19:00::), puff of air (puff_of_air%1:19:00::), whiff (whiff%1:19:00::) (a short light gust of air)
• S: (n) whiff (whiff%1:05:00::) (a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil)
• S: (n) whiff (whiff%1:04:00::) (a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) strikeout (strikeout%1:04:00::) (an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• domain category
• S: (n) baseball (baseball%1:04:00::), baseball game (baseball_game%1:04:00::), ball (ball%1:04:01::) (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!"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) whiff (whiff%2:35:00::) [Related to: whiff] (strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third)
• derivationally related form
• Overview
• synset

Verb

• S: (v) sniff (sniff%2:39:00::), whiff (whiff%2:39:00::) (perceive by inhaling through the nose) "sniff the perfume"
• S: (v) whiff (whiff%2:38:00::) (drive or carry as if by a puff of air) "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
• S: (v) whiff (whiff%2:35:00::) (strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third)
• S: (v) puff (puff%2:34:01::), whiff (whiff%2:34:02::) (smoke and exhale strongly) "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
• S: (v) whiff (whiff%2:32:00::) (utter with a puff of air) "whiff out a prayer"