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Meaning of Whiffing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A mode of fishing with a handline for pollock, mackerel, etc.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية النفخ
Suomi tuoksahtaminen

Examples

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Whiffle Whiffled Whiffler whifflery Whiffles Whifflet

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