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
For a considerable sound of breathing, not mere whiffling now, was coming from the Colonel—to his wife a sure sign.
The Dark Flower | John GalsworthyAbout four o'clock they broke in rain, which the wind drove horizontally with a cold whiffling murmur.
The Patrician | John GalsworthyIf the flame is drawn strongly down for a continuance, without whiffling, you may begin to kindle a fire.
For a sound like the whiffling of a wind through dry sticks combined with the creaking of a saw had, impinged on his senses.
The Burning Spear | John GalsworthyTom anybody will do, so long as they are not of this whiffling century.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb | Charles Lamb
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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