Word Type

Verb

Noun

Intj

Adjective

The word "whiff" can be used as verb, noun, intj and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

whiffer whiffing whiffle whiffy

Etymologically Related To

whip

Context

baseball slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

blast blow blow gust lefteye flounder lefteyed flounder mouth smell smoke speak strike out strikeout talk utter verbalise verbalize

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Veracruz whiff anglefin whiff horned whiff sand whiff

Type Of (IsA)

lefteye flounder olfaction strikeout

Manner Of

blow strike out talk

Related Terms

skew-whiff whiff-whaff

Related Terms

air batter big big smell briefly cigarette exhalation faint faint smell fish glimpse gust handline inhalation megrim miss odor odour pipe quick quick smell smell smoke sniff strike strike out strong swing swing miss unpleasant waft

Synonym Network

puff sniff

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.