Take a whiff.
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Whiff
//(h)wɪf//
Synonyms for "whiff" (197 found)
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Adjective(16 words)
Noun(33 words)
Verb(4 words)
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Translations
53 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَسَمَة noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
Bulgarian
4 entries- миризлив adj (having a strong or unpleasant odour)
- дъх noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- кълбо дим noun (small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.)
- лъх noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
Dutch
4 entries- geurig adj (having a strong or unpleasant odour)
- sterk van geur adj (having a strong or unpleasant odour)
- adem noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- teug noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
Finnish
4 entries- henkäys noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- tuoksahdus noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
- tuulahdus noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- lyödä ohi verb (especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball)
French
3 entries- bouffée noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- effluve noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
- souffle noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
German
2 entries- Hauch noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- Hauch noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
Hungarian
4 entries- fuvallat noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- illat noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
- szag noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
- szellő noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
Latvian
2 entries- vēsma noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- vēsma noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
Macedonian
2 entries- здив noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- по́вев noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
Māori
1 entries- hīrea noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
Polish
1 entries- podmuch noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
Russian
4 entries- дунове́ние noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- запашок noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
- затя́жка noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- ве́ять verb (to carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air — see also blow, puff, waft)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dašak noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- dašak noun (odour carried briefly through the air)
Spanish
4 entries- bocanada noun (short inhalation or exhalation of breath)
- bocanadas noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- hálito noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
- soplo noun (brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft)
Sample sentences
68 total sentences available.
He had a whiff at my fart and fanned it back to me.
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Scratching his armpit and giving his finger a whiff, Tom jolted away from his hand.
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The whiff of smelly feet indicated that Tom was at home.
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