whiffle
to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
to shift about; vacillate; be fickle.
to blow with light, shifting gusts.
Origin of whiffle
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How to use whiffle in a sentence
Our own Rx includes fat, colored chalk for drawing hopscotch boxes, plus whiffle Ball and water balloons.
Widder Morse wants to ape these well-to-do folks that live tother end o whiffle Street.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrisonwhiffle Street was an easy slope toward the elbow, where Jess Morse and her mother lived.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonBut the postman never came near the little cottage at the elbow in whiffle Street, all that day.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonMrs. Prentice had run into a quiet side street, not two blocks from the cottage at the foot of whiffle Street.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
She left her basket in the kitchen, saw that her mother was busy at her desk, and ran up whiffle Street hill to the Belding house.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for whiffle
/ (ˈwɪfəl) /
(intr) to think or behave in an erratic or unpredictable way
to blow or be blown fitfully or in gusts
(intr) to whistle softly
Origin of whiffle
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