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"1": "horned whiff"
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"t": "bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)"
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"t": "to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate"
},
"expansion": "waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”)",
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"3": "wafian",
"t": "to wave"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*webʰ-",
"t": "to braid, weave"
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"t": "a blow, stroke"
},
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"2": "weven",
"t": "to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal"
},
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"t": "to weave"
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"1": "ang",
"2": "-wǣfan"
},
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"2": "bewǣfan"
},
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"2": "ymbwǣfan"
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"etymology_text": "The noun is possibly:\n* partly a variant of Middle English wef, weffe (“bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either:\n** waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”), possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”); or\n** wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”)), or from -wǣfan (see bewǣfan, ymbwǣfan); and\n* partly onomatopoeic.\nNoun sense 6 (“name of a number of flatfish”) is possibly derived from sense 1 (“brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air”), sense 4 (“small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.”), and other such senses.\nThe verb and adjective are derived from the noun. Verb sense 2.6 (“to catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat”) is possibly derived from sense 1.1 (“to carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air”), sense 2.2 (“to be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air”), and other such senses.\nThe interjection is derived from noun sense 7.4 (“a sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle”).",
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"plural"
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"A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft."
],
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"brief",
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],
[
"gentle",
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],
[
"breeze",
"breeze#Noun"
],
[
"light",
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],
[
"gust",
"gust#Noun"
],
[
"air",
"air#Noun"
],
[
"waft",
"waft#Noun"
]
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "puff"
}
],
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"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nasama",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَسَمَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polǎh",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полъх"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povej",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "повей"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "zuchtje"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "vlaag"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "vleug"
},
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"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "adem"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "tuulahdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "souffle"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauch"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "szellő"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "fuvallat"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vēsma"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "póvev",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́вев"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podmuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dunovénije",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дунове́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dašak"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bocanadas"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soplo"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 6 6 6 2 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hálito"
}
]
},
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"A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe."
],
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"short",
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[
"inhalation",
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[
"exhalation",
"exhalation"
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[
"breath",
"breath#Noun"
],
[
"accompanied",
"accompany"
],
[
"smoke",
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],
[
"cigarette",
"cigarette"
],
[
"pipe",
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]
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"A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.",
"A cigarette or small cigar."
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[
"breath",
"breath#Noun"
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[
"accompanied",
"accompany"
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[
"smoke",
"smoke#Noun"
],
[
"cigarette",
"cigarette"
],
[
"pipe",
"pipe#Noun"
],
[
"small",
"small#Adjective"
],
[
"cigar",
"cigar"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.",
"(by extension, archaic) A cigarette or small cigar."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air."
],
"id": "en-whiff-en-noun-k4RQu5H7",
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[
"odour",
"odor"
],
[
"unpleasant",
"unpleasant"
],
[
"carried",
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],
[
"briefly",
"briefly"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sniff"
}
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎh",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лъх"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vleug"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "tuoksahdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "effluve"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauch"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "illat"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "szag"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vēsma"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "hīrea"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapašok",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "запашок"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 2 2 37 4 3 9 1 1 3 8 6 6 2 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dašak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke."
],
"id": "en-whiff-en-noun-34uqmfKZ",
"links": [
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"cloud",
"cloud#Noun"
],
[
"vapour",
"vapor#Noun"
],
[
"puff",
"puff#Noun"
],
[
"tobacco",
"tobacco"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "puff"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 4 4 3 67 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlbo dim",
"sense": "small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.",
"word": "кълбо дим"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A flag used as a signal."
],
"id": "en-whiff-en-noun-YwoLwphX",
"links": [
[
"flag",
"flag#Noun"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"signal",
"signal#Noun"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "waff"
},
{
"word": "waif"
},
{
"word": "wheft"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "3 3 5 0 0 3 0 2 14 0 0 1 3 9 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 4 2 0 1 3 1 2 5 12",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Flatfish",
"orig": "en:Flatfish",
"parents": [
"Fish",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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],
"glosses": [
"Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae)."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "4 2 2 2 2 2 56 2 2 3 3 5 5 1 3 6",
"sense": "flounder of the family Paralichthyidae",
"word": "anglefin whiff"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 2 2 2 2 2 56 2 2 3 3 5 5 1 3 6",
"sense": "flounder of the family Paralichthyidae",
"word": "horned whiff"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 2 2 2 2 2 56 2 2 3 3 5 5 1 3 6",
"sense": "flounder of the family Paralichthyidae",
"word": "sand whiff"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 2 2 2 2 2 56 2 2 3 3 5 5 1 3 6",
"sense": "flounder of the family Paralichthyidae",
"word": "Veracruz whiff"
}
],
"id": "en-whiff-en-noun-2QvZG7Sj",
"links": [
[
"number",
"number#Noun"
],
[
"flatfish",
"flatfish"
],
[
"lemon sole",
"lemon sole"
],
[
"megrim",
"megrim"
],
[
"species",
"species"
],
[
"sand flounder",
"sand flounder"
],
[
"family",
"family#Noun"
]
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 September 23, Ben Smith, “Leeds United 2 – 1 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-05-24",
"text": "This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long—the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2014 February 14, Kenneth Lin, “Chapter 18”, in House of Cards, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey)",
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"ref": "1891 October, Will Allen Dromgoole, “A Grain of Gold”, in B[enjamin] O[range] Flower, editor, The Arena, volume IV, number XXIII, Boston, Mass.: The Arena Publishing Co., →OCLC, pages 631–632",
"text": "He glanced once at the pines, going farther away, whiffed at the pleasant odor of the grape blooms, waved his hand to the roses, in farewell, perhaps, lifted his face to the blue heaven— […] then, wearing that same old look of his mother's, he turned, without a word, and re-entered the prison.",
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"word": "принюхиваться"
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"ref": "1916 January, Pousse Cailloux, “75’s”, in Blackwood’s Magazine, American edition, volume CXCIX, number MCCIII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., Barr Ferree, prop[rietor] […], →OCLC, section I, page 59, column 1",
"text": "It was pointed out that troops would not always remain in the open to be whiffed out of existence by shrapnel. Rather would they get under cover at what speed they might. So a shell to deal with entrenchments, buildings, and fortifications was indicated.",
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"ref": "1939, Raymond Chandler, chapter 14, in The Big Sleep, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, published August 1992, page 82",
"text": "You shot Geiger to get it. Last night in the rain. It was dandy shooting weather. The trouble is he wasn't alone when you whiffed him. Either you didn't notice that, which seems unlikely, or you got the wind up and lammed.",
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"ref": "1789 September 19, “Recovered Fragments of Spenser (Continued.)”, in I[ohann] W[ilhelm] von Archenholz, editor, The British Mercury, or Annals of History, Politics, Manners, Literature, Arts, etc. of the British Empire, volume X, number 38, Hamburg: […] B. C. Hoffman, →OCLC, stanza XXI, page 380",
"text": "The brawny threſher whirling faſt his flail, / Pauſes, and takes a pinch each ſheaf betwixt; / The Squire too whiffeth, o'er his mug of ale; / And eke the Parſon, o'er ſome crabbed text, / Sucketh his pipe, and ſeeth the doctrine leſs perplext.",
"type": "quotation"
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"ref": "2007, Chris Walker, with Neil Bramwell, “Tourist Stalker”, in Stalker!: Chris Walker: The Autobiography, London: HarperSport, HarperCollinsPublishers, page 31",
"text": "The second trauma was sharing a boat with all the foreigners who were beginning to whiff somewhat and had things crawling out of their beards, having spent days on end reaching the ferry on their bikes.",
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"ref": "1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System",
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"ref": "2021 June 30, Farhad Manjoo, “Democrats have a year to save the planet”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-30",
"text": "Or consider an alternative [imaginary] exhibit, in some side gallery, that sadly reflects on an enormous lost opportunity. […] This is a dark, dead end in the Biden library: A once mighty nation is served its toughest challenge yet, and it whiffs.",
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[
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"inhalation"
],
[
"exhalation",
"exhalation"
],
[
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],
[
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"accompany"
],
[
"smoke",
"smoke#Noun"
],
[
"cigarette",
"cigarette"
],
[
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"pipe#Noun"
],
[
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"small#Adjective"
],
[
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"cigar"
]
],
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]
},
{
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],
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"unpleasant"
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],
[
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"briefly"
]
],
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}
]
},
{
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],
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],
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"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"cloud",
"cloud#Noun"
],
[
"vapour",
"vapor#Noun"
],
[
"puff",
"puff#Noun"
],
[
"tobacco",
"tobacco"
]
],
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}
]
},
{
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],
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],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"signal",
"signal#Noun"
]
],
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{
"word": "waff"
},
{
"word": "waif"
},
{
"word": "wheft"
}
]
},
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
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],
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],
[
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"flatfish"
],
[
"lemon sole",
"lemon sole"
],
[
"megrim",
"megrim"
],
[
"species",
"species"
],
[
"sand flounder",
"sand flounder"
],
[
"family",
"family#Noun"
]
]
},
{
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],
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"ref": "2012 September 23, Ben Smith, “Leeds United 2 – 1 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2021-05-24",
"text": "This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long—the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 February 14, Kenneth Lin, “Chapter 18”, in House of Cards, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey)",
"text": "I can tell you first-hand that we are dealing with a regime that is not being forthright and will seize upon the faintest whiff of trepidation. This is a test to see how far they can push us before we break.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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],
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],
[
"sign",
"sign#Noun"
],
[
"burst",
"burst#Noun"
],
[
"glimpse",
"glimpse#Noun"
],
[
"hint",
"hint#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint."
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A slight attack or touch."
],
"links": [
[
"attack",
"attack#Noun"
],
[
"touch",
"touch#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"A slight attack or touch."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste."
],
"links": [
[
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],
[
"quality",
"quality#Noun"
],
[
"flavour",
"flavor#Noun"
],
[
"savour",
"savour#Noun"
],
[
"taste",
"taste#Noun"
]
],
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"(figuratively)",
"A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle."
],
"links": [
[
"sound",
"sound#Noun"
],
[
"passing",
"pass#Verb"
],
[
"opening",
"opening#Noun"
],
[
"soft",
"soft#Adjective"
],
[
"whistle",
"whistle#Noun"
]
],
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"(figuratively)",
"A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
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"English slang",
"en:Sports"
],
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"A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss."
],
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[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"failure",
"failure"
],
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"hit",
"hit#Verb"
],
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"ball",
"ball#Noun"
],
[
"various",
"various"
],
[
"sports",
"sport#Noun"
],
[
"golf",
"golf#Noun"
],
[
"miss",
"miss#Noun"
]
],
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"(figuratively)",
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],
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"US",
"figuratively",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"en:Baseball",
"en:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.",
"From the batter's perspective: a strike."
],
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"sports",
"sports"
],
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"failure",
"failure"
],
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],
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],
[
"various",
"various"
],
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"sports",
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],
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"golf",
"golf#Noun"
],
[
"miss",
"miss#Noun"
],
[
"baseball",
"baseball"
],
[
"batter",
"batter"
],
[
"perspective",
"perspective"
],
[
"strike",
"strike#Noun"
]
],
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"(figuratively)",
"(sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.",
"(baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"figuratively",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"baseball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An expulsion of explosive or shot."
],
"links": [
[
"expulsion",
"expulsion"
],
[
"explosive",
"explosive#Noun"
],
[
"shot",
"shot#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) An expulsion of explosive or shot."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
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],
"glosses": [
"An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar."
],
"links": [
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],
[
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"outrigged#Adjective"
],
[
"boat",
"boat#Noun"
],
[
"one",
"one#Numeral"
],
[
"person",
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],
[
"propel",
"propel"
],
[
"oar",
"oar#Noun"
]
],
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],
"topics": [
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"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A sip of an alcoholic beverage."
],
"links": [
[
"sip",
"sip#Noun"
],
[
"alcoholic",
"alcoholic#Adjective"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
],
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],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/(h)wɪf/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪf"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-au-whiff.ogg/En-au-whiff.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-whiff.ogg",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nasama",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَسَمَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polǎh",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полъх"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povej",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "повей"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "zuchtje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "vlaag"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "vleug"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "adem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "tuulahdus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "souffle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauch"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "szellő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"word": "fuvallat"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vēsma"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "póvev",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́вев"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podmuch"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dunovénije",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дунове́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dašak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bocanadas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soplo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air — see also waft",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hálito"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎh",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дъх"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "teug"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"word": "henkäys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"word": "bouffée"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zdiv",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "здив"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatjážka",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "затя́жка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short inhalation or exhalation of breath",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bocanada"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎh",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лъх"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vleug"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "tuoksahdus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "effluve"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauch"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "illat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "szag"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vēsma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"word": "hīrea"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapašok",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "запашок"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "odour carried briefly through the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dašak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlbo dim",
"sense": "small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.",
"word": "кълбо дим"
}
],
"word": "whiff"
}
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "weffe",
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
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{
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{
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},
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"ref": "2002 November 5, Jim Rozen, “Way oil”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet)",
"text": "Whoo boy that gear oil is pretty whiff. If you actually do this, spend the extra money for the synthetic gear oil as it will not have as bad a sulfur stink as the regular stuff.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mirizliv",
"sense": "having a strong or unpleasant odour",
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"sense": "having a strong or unpleasant odour",
"word": "geurig"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a strong or unpleasant odour",
"word": "sterk van geur"
}
],
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