to whiff

Examples

• All

• So if you're out and about looking for a new shower gel, give us a whiff and it will bring you instant happiness.

• Whiff the scent of perfumed veils.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Take a moment, take a whiff, take a breath of that fresh from under.

• Let's take a whiff here and we can see it's it's, it's very, it's very similar.

• Give your man a whiff of Jared.

• Try to pretend you did not peek at this one and give it a big whiff if it stinks.

• She can whiff the secret rich muck of it.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Let me just give it a whiff here because I made an effort to find this and yeah, yeah, I, I've had other copies of this book.

• Miss Todd whiffs the aroma of leather, and Miss Best the scent of Opium Perfume.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As he walked by the bakery, he couldn't help but whiff the delicious aroma of fresh bread.

Synonyms

S

to smell

vsto whiff

∞ 1.0

To notice a scent with your nose

is about a brief inhalation to sense a scent rather than general detection

S

to sniff

vsto whiff

266 1.0

To breathe in through the nose to smell something or because of a cold

refers only to brief inhaling to perceive scent, not other breathing causes

G

to get a whiff

vsto whiff

11 4.7

Smell something briefly, often a strong scent

focuses on a quick inhalation to sense scents regardless of intensity

C

to catch a whiff

vsto whiff

4 5.1

To notice a small smell of something for a short time

involves briefly inhaling through the nose to perceive a scent

Idioms

A

a whiff of

23 4.4

A small, faint smell you notice briefly

C

to catch a whiff

4 5.1

To notice a small smell of something for a short time

Phrasal Verbs

G

to get a whiff

11 4.7

Smell something briefly, often a strong scent

Compounds

W

whiff of perfume

1 3.0

A short soft smell of perfume in the air

H

horned whiff

• Specialized

9.9

A flat fish with small horn-like bumps on its head that lives on sandy sea bottoms in warm Atlantic waters

Q

quick whiff

5.4

A short breath you take to smell something

S

skew-whiff

• UK

9.9

Not straight or level but turned a little to one side

How Strong

to inhale

84 2.7

to smell

∞ 1.0

to whiff

1 3.5

sniff

84 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology