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whiff
whiff /wɪf/ noun [C usually singular]
1 F0 a slight smell, carried on a current of air: » He leaned towards me and I caught/got a whiff of garlic.» During the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn.Thesaurus+: ↑Smells and smellinga whiff of sth2 F0 a slight sign of something: » They regularly hold elections without a whiff of corruption or violence.Thesaurus+: ↑Showing and demonstrating |