Definition of "whiffle" in English

noun

1. A short blow or gust.

2. (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A male haircut done with electric clippers.

3. (obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.

4. (obsolete) A fife or small flute.

verb

1. To blow a short gust.

2. To waffle, talk aimlessly.

3. (UK) To waste time.

4. To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.

5. (ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.

6. (intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.

7. (transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

8. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

9. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.