whiff : Idioms & Phrases

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get a whiff

  • verb smell strongly and intensely
    get a noseful.
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horned whiff

  • noun a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
    Citharichthys cornutus.
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skew-whiff

  • adjective satellite turned or twisted toward one side
    lopsided; wonky; askew; cockeyed; awry.
    • a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
    • his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
  • adverb turned or twisted to one side
    askew; awry.
    • rugs lying askew
    • with his necktie twisted awry
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