whiffing

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English

Verb

whiffing

  1. present participle and gerund of whiff

Noun

whiffing (countable and uncountable, plural whiffings)

  1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
    • 2014, Charlotte MacLeod, The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt:
      [] the tea had been poured from the cups into the deep saucers from which it would have been drunk with genteel blowings and whiffings, according to the custom of the time.
  2. A mode of fishing with a handline for pollock, mackerel, etc.