whiffs

• breathes
• breaths
• evidences
• flickers
• glimmers
• hints
• indications
• inhales
• inklings
• intimations
• marks
• noses
• respires
• savors
• scents
• signs
• smells
• sniffs
• snorts
• snuffles
• snuffs
• suggestions
• tangs
• touches
• traces
• winds

• permeations
• pervasions
• saturations

• noun
  1. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air.
  2. An odour carried briefly through the air.
  3. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
  4. A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
  5. A strike (from the batter’s perspective).
  6. An attempted shot that completely misses the ball.
  7. The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
• verb
  1. To waft.
  2. To sniff.
  3. To strike out.
  4. To miss the ball completely.
  5. To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
  6. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
  7. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
  8. To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
  9. To fail spectacularly at a task.
  10. To fish with a handline.

• Small whiffs of perfume drifted through the hallway.
• The chef noticed whiffs of garlic coming from the kitchen.
• We caught whiffs of smoke near the campfire.
• Gentle whiffs of ocean air filled the room.
• The dog reacted to the whiffs of food from the table.

wafts

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