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whiffle

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/Sorted effhilwStarts with WEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A short blow or gust.

Word origin

1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.

Used in a sentence

  • [A] Perſon of whiffling and unſteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep cloſe to a Point of Controverſy, […]
  • This is a plain and obvious ſenſe of this Promiſe, […] againſt ſuch as would whiffle away all theſe Truths by reſolving them into a mere moral Allegorie.

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