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Substantiivit

1. A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
2. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
3. (by extension, archaic) A cigarette or small cigar.
4. An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
5. A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
6. A flag used as a signal.
7. Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
8. (figuratively)
9. A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
10. A slight attack or touch.
11. A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
12. A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
13. (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
14. (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
15. (archaic) An expulsion of explosive or shot.
16. (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
17. (obsolete) A sip of an alcoholic beverage.

Huudahdukset

1. Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.

Adjektiivit

1. (informal) Having a strong or unpleasant odour.

Verbit

1. (transitive)
2. To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
3. To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
4. To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
5. To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
6. (slang)
7. (archaic or dated) To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
8. (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
9. (obsolete) To consume (an alcoholic beverage).
10. (intransitive)
11. To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
12. To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
13. To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
14. To smell; to sniff.
15. To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
16. (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
17. (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
18. (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
19. (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.