whiff

/(h)wɪf/

verb

To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away. / To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.

The wind whiffed the scent of flowers through the open window.

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意味（1）

To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.

There are in all but three vvayes of going thither [to the moon]. […] [The] third, Old Empedocles 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.

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意味（2）

To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.

[H]e ſat ſolitary and penſive vvith his pipe—looking at his lame leg—then vvhiffing out a ſentimental heigh ho! vvhich mixing vvith the ſmoak, incommoded no one mortal.

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意味（3）

VVhat pleaſure tak'ſt thou in that breath, vvhich dravvs & vvhiffs perpetuall fears?

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意味（4）

To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.

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意味（5）

(slang); (obsolete) To consume (an alcoholic beverage).

Hee therefore that would ſtriue to faſhion his leggs to his ſilke ſtockins, and his proud gate to his broad garters, let him whiffe downe theſe obſeruations; […]

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意味（6）

To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.

意味（7）

To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.

[…] 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.

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