whiff
suomi-englanti sanakirjawhiff englannista suomeksi
nuuhkaista, haistella
vasensilmäkampela
henkäistä
palo, poltto
henkäys
tuprutella
puhaltaa
polttaa
Substantiivi
Verbi
whiff englanniksi
(synonyms)
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet Q1-2)
(RQ:Sylvester Du Bartas)
(RQ:Camden Holland Britain)
(RQ:Dickens Oliver Twist)
A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
(RQ:Jonson Every Man out of His Humour). (..) Doe you profeſſe theſe ſleights in tabacco? / (..) / (smallcaps). Yes, as ſoone, ſir: hee ſhall receiue the firſt, ſecond, and third ''vvhiffe'', if it pleaſe him, and (vpon the receit) take his horſe, drinke his three cups of ''Canarie'', and expoſe one at ''Hounſlovv'', a ſecond at ''Stanes'', and a third at ''Bagſhot''.
(RQ:Spectator)
(RQ:Prior Poetical Works)
(RQ:Fielding Joseph Andrews)
(RQ:Longfellow Ballads)
(RQ:Dickens Barnaby Rudge)
(RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island)
An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
(RQ:Swift Strephon and Chloe)
(RQ:Burke American Taxation)
(RQ:Cowper Task)
(RQ:Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit)|page=203|passage=When the major rose from his rocking-chair before the stove and so disturbed the hot air and balmy whiff of soup which fanned their brows, the odour of stale tobacco became so decidedly prevalent as to leave no doubt of its proceeding mainly from that gentleman's attire.
(RQ:Woolf Jacob's Room)
A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically , ''chiefly in'' take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
(RQ:Jonson Every Man out of His Humour). (..) His chiefe exerciſes are, taking the VVhiffe, ſquiring a Cockatrice, and making priuy ſearches for Imparters.
(syn)
(RQ:Marryat Newton Forster)
Any of a number of flatfish such as the sole ((taxlink)) and now, especially, the megrim ((taxlink)) and a species of (vern) or flounder (family (taxlink)).
(RQ:Milton Areopagitica) that after all this light of the Goſpel vvhich is, and is to be, and all this continuall preaching, they ſhould be ſtill frequented vvith ſuch an unprincipl'd, unedify'd, and laick rabble, as that the vvhiffe of every nevv pamphlet ſhould ſtagger them out of thir catechiſm, and Chriſtian vvalking.
(RQ:Milton Eikonoklastes)
(RQ:Sterne Tristram Shandy)
(RQ:Byron Beppo)
(RQ:Hardy Return of the Native)
(quote-web)
(quote-av)
A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
(RQ:Arbuthnot Law)
A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
From the batter's perspective: a strike.
(RQ:Carlyle French Revolution)
(RQ:Hall True Peace-Maker) thou ſhalt no vvhere finde reſt for the ſoles of thy feet, but in this Arke of Chriſts perfect righteouſneſſe: In vaine ſhalt thou ſeeke it (..) in beds of luſt, cheſts of ''Mammon'', vvhiffes and draughts of intoxication, ſongs of ribaldry, ſports of recreation; (..)
(RQ:Rabelais Gargantua)
To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
(RQ:Jonson Moon) The third, Old ''(w)'' vvay; vvho vvhen he leaped into ''Ætna'', having a drie ſeare bodie, and light, the ſmoake took him and vvhift him up into the Moone, vvhere he lives yet vvaving up and dovvne like a feather, all foot and embers comming out of that cole-pit; our Poet met him, and talkt vvith him.
(RQ:Twain Connecticut Yankee)
(quote-journal)|month=August|year=1918|volume=CXXXVII|issue=DCCCXIX|page=433|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/harpersmagazine137junalde/page/433/mode/1up|column=1|oclc=924884025|passage=von Humboldt|Alexander von Humboldt reached the peak at eight o'clock suffering from cold; we arrived at six, perspiring from the climb to face the same bitter, westerly wind which searched our marrow as it tore over the world. It whiffed by us steam and sulphurous vapors from the caldron, the Echeyde (Hell) of the Guanches; the La Caldera Diabla (Devil's Caldron) of the Spanish peasantry, in which all food of hell is cooked.
To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
(RQ:Quarles Afflicted Souls)
(RQ:Meredith Richard Feverel) Richard, knowing his retainer's zest for conspiracy too well to seek him anywhere but in the part most favoured with shelter and concealment, found him furtively whiffing tobacco.
(quote-book)
(RQ:Quarles Emblemes)
(RQ:Quarles Shepheards Oracles) hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet ''Mars'', ally'd / To temporizing ''Mercury'', conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; (..) That Houſe; vvhich like a Sun in this our Orbe, / VVhiffes up the Belgick fumes, and does abſorbe / From every Soile rich vapours, (..)
(quote-journal) then, wearing that same old look of his mother's, he turned, without a word, and re-entered the prison.
To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
(quote-journal)|month=January|year=1916|volume=CXCIX|issue=MCCIII|section=I|page=59|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft/page/59/mode/1up|column=1|oclc=1042815524|passage=It was pointed out that troops would not always remain in the open to be whiffed out of existence by shrapnel. Rather would they get under cover at what speed they might. So a shell to deal with entrenchments, buildings, and fortifications was indicated.
(RQ:Dekker Non-dramatic Works)
To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
(RQ:Stevenson Ballantrae) I have sought to stay myself, in falling, against what looked to be a solid trunk, and the whole thing has whiffed away at my touch like a sheet of paper.
To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
(RQ:Dekker Satiromastix)
(quote-journal) B. C. Hoffman|date=19 September 1789|section=stanza XXI|volume=X|issue=38|page=380|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIE9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA380|oclc=931334864|passage=The brawny threſher whirling faſt his flail, / Pauſes, and takes a pinch each ſheaf betwixt; / The Squire too whiffeth, o'er his mug of ale; / And eke the Parſon, o'er ſome crabbed text, / Sucketh his pipe, and ſeeth the doctrine leſs perplext.
To smell; to sniff.
To off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
(RQ:Kipling Stalky)
Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence , of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
(quote-video game)
To fail spectacularly.
(quote-journal) This is a dark, dead end in the Biden library: A once mighty nation is served its toughest challenge yet, and it whiffs.
In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
Having a strong or unpleasant odour.
(RQ:Kipling Stalky) 'Well-nourished old lady, ain't she?' said Stalky. 'How long d'you suppose it'll take her to get a bit whiff in a confined space?' / 'Bit whiff! What a coarse brute you are!' said M'Turk. 'Can't a poor pussy-cat get under King's dormitory floor to die without your pursuin' her with your foul innuendoes?'
(quote-newsgroup)
(non-gloss definition)
(RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Pelham) made to this extraordinary remonstrance no other reply than a long ''whiff'', and a "Well, Russelton, dash my wig (a favourite oath of Sir W.'s) but you're a queer fellow."
(RQ:Tennyson Princess)