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— English words —

• whiff n. A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
• whiff n. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
• whiff n. An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
• whiff n. A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff…
• whiff n. A flag used as a signal; a waff, a waif, a wheft.
• whiff n. The name of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially…
• whiff n. (Figuratively).
• whiff n. (Archaic) An expulsion of explosive or shot.
• whiff n. (Nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
• whiff n. (Obsolete) A sip of an alcoholic beverage.
• whiff v. (Transitive).
• whiff v. (Intransitive).
• whiff adj. (Informal) Having a strong or unpleasant odour.
• whiff interj. Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.

— English word, defined in French —

• whiff n. Bouffée.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• whiff s. Olorcillo, tufillo.
• whiff s. Aire.
• whiff s. Gusto.

90 English words from 14 English definitions

accompanied air alcoholic and a␣number␣of Archaic beverage boat breath breeze brief briefly carried chiefly cigarette cloud dated especially etc exhalation explosive expulsion Figuratively flag flatfish for for␣one from gentle gentle␣breeze gust Having indicate Informal inhalation Intransitive kitt lemon lemon␣sole light like like␣that name Nautical now number oar obsolete odour of␣a of␣an one opening outrigged passing person pipe propelled quantity short shot signal sip small smoke soft sole sound specifically strong such such␣as take that that␣is the through Transitive unpleasant used Used␣to usually vapour waff waft waif wheft when whiff whistle

2 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Aire Gusto

2 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Bouffée tufillo

36 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

whiffs whiffy whiffed whiffer whiffet whiffle whiffers whiffets whiffier whiffing whiffled whiffler whiffles Whifflet whiffiest whiffings whifflers whifflery whiffling whiff-waff whiff␣waff whiffiness whifflings whiff-whaff whiff␣whaff whiffenpoof Whiffenpoof whifferdale whifferdill whiffletree whiff-whaffs whiff␣whaffs whiffenpoofs Whiffenpoofs whifferdills whiffletrees

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ski␣whiff scew-whiff skewwhiff skew-whiff skew␣whiff

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

HIF hiff iff IFF

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFI

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

whiffs whiffy

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

FHIF hiff

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chiff whuff

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

hiff

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