to whiff

Examples

• All

• Dashon Goldson went to make a play on the ball and whiffed pretty badly.

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• I completely whiffed on Panel 2 and went straight for Panel 3.

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• We did a great job, but we whiffed on one thing, OK?

• You can't just whiff on that.

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• I saw him whiff on a curve in the dirt against the Cubs last month.

  Eight Men Out (1988)

• Unfortunately, there are too many plays when defenders reach, grab, and whiff on runners and receivers.

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• I whiffed with the first two swings and was starting to get made fun of.

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• But Nate did, and ended up whiffing on North Dakota and Montana when the polls had it right.

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• Could it be that this year, almost all the pollsters at the state level have massively whiffed?

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• To see those 2 "missed arm tackles" or whiffed tackles by the defense is frustrating on Rice's final drive.

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Antonyms

H

hit

459 1.0

A single strong blow against someone or something

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 Successful

to smash

50 3.3

to hit

∞ 1.0

graze

4 3.4

to whiff

• Jargon

3 7.0

Surface Forms

Etymology