Wiktionary
WHIFFLE, noun. A short blow or gust
WHIFFLE, noun. (obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
WHIFFLE, noun. (obsolete) A fife or small flute.
WHIFFLE, verb. To blow a short gust
WHIFFLE, verb. To waffle, talk aimlessly
WHIFFLE, verb. (British) to waste time
WHIFFLE, verb. To travel quickly, whizz, whistle, with an accompanying wind-like sound
WHIFFLE, verb. (ornithology) (of a bird) to descending rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other
WHIFFLE, verb. (intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
WHIFFLE, verb. (transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
WHIFFLE, verb. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
WHIFFLE, verb. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
Wise words
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