Synonym: fume, odor, scent, smell. Similar words: chiffon, chiffonier, shift, shifty, makeshift, shiftless, riff, iffy. Meaning: [hwɪf ,w-] n. 1. a short light gust of air 2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil 3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. v. 1. perceive by inhaling through the nose 2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air 3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third 4. smoke and exhale strongly 5. utter with a puff of air.
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61) Shrapnel was recovered from the scene and the whiff of missile propellent lingered a few hours later.
62) The thought of this, and a whiff of sugary warmth from the coffee ring, cheered him.
63) The hat and sunglasses give off that 'A-list' whiff, while her Alexander McQueen scarf, zingy Chanel bag and boots smarten up her black jeans.
64) "Every time we get a selloff or a whiff of worry, money comes in from the sidelines," says MFS's Mr. Swanson.
65) Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn is a shambling wreck of a man: a grizzled veteran of a few too many shootouts, he wears a black patch over one eye and has the unmistakable whiff of stale whiskey about him.
66) Seeing Queen Amidala getting all nasty in these scenes from Closer made everybody wish they were Clive Owen, if only to get a whiff of one of the prettiest and brightest stars of her generation.
67) Here's to the heady aroma of the frost-kissed apples, the winey smell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind smell of hickory nuts and the nostalgic whiff of that first wood smoke.
68) To get a whiff of this craziness, check out videos from past Air Sex Championships on its YouTube channel (some of which are NSFW).
69) He studied their odors and then had them sniff others and found women who get a whiff of a man's smelly BO feel less stressed.
70) If you've ever been guilty of inching closer to a stranger because she smells good, you'll be glad to know there's plenty of science behind the desire to get a whiff.
71) As the archetypal ice queen in Double Indemnity, she's got a faint whiff of the dominatrix about her – cleverly disguised under that angelic 'do.
72) Ever since, it has borne a whiff of consumerist self-indulgence, and its advocates then and now are accused of prizing sensation over anything more profound or ostensibly value-laden.
73) They did last season, and got all the way to Game Six of the Western Conference Finals. The NBA Championship round was so close, they had to have been able to get a whiff of what could be.
74) Every time I come near them I get a whiff of their cologne.
75) In the Mao era even the whiff of an affair could get someone fired from their job, demoted, or sent to self-criticism sessions and even jail.
76) The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.
77) The rabbit still had the whiff of trembly, nervous game.
78) The modern suit's padded shoulder has the whiff of an epaulette while accentuating the V-shaped torso of classical antiquity so sought by Brummel.
79) If you're starting to get a whiff of Pavlov and his salivating dog then you're on the right lines.
80) Although you wear some cologne, I can still vaguely smell a scummy whiff out of you.
81) But some of his policies carry a whiff of populism.
82) The Hispaniola rolled steadily, dipping her bowsprit nod and then with a whiff of spray.
83) A lost generation of planets may now be no more than a whiff of pollution in the atmospheres of their dead parent stars.
84) But my hunch is that Americans will be straight back to the shopping malls once they get a whiff of the economy recovering.
85) Prevent motion sickness by taking Dramamine or taking a whiff of peppermint oil to soothe the belly and calm the mind.
86) Something good must be cooking; I get a whiff of it.
87) Critics of the war in Afghanistan (and perhaps even its supporters) will detect at least a whiff of jingoism in the game.
88) If tired,[www.Sentencedict.com] smell a whiff of clove oil and it will wake you up.
89) Inside there is the familiar faint university whiff of the academic coffee room, but here it is mingled with the pungent smell of monkey urine.
90) "He went behind the counter and got a half ounce of prussic acid . The pure stuff, undiluted. " Then he let Old Man Fellows take a little whiff of it.