whiffle

Meanings

Plural: whiffles

Noun

A short blow or gust.
A male haircut done with electric clippers.
Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A fife or small flute.

Verb

To blow a short gust.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
To waste time.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
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.
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.

Origin / Etymology

1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.

Scrabble Score: 19

whiffle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
whiffle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whiffle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

whiffle is a valid Words With Friends word