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What is the noun for whiff?

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whiff
  1. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
  2. An odour carried briefly through the air
  3. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
  4. (figuratively) A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
  5. (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective)
  6. The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “He heard faint movements, and caught a whiff of perfume.”
      “He caught a whiff of the stench of his own feet and tossed the boots aside.”
      “When the doors eventually open and the audience totter in, the candidate had moved next door, leaving only a whiff of cigar smoke hanging in the air.”
whiffing
  1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
  2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
whiffet
  1. A little whiff or puff.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Needless to say whiffet kept her plan a secret as she knew that Mother Squirrel would never consent.”
      “Just then Polly turned over in her sleep and whiffet scampered up the limb and back home as fast as she could run.”
      “Underneath she found the little mirror, brush, comb, and powder puff where whiffet had carefully hidden them.”
whiffets
  1. plural of whiffet
whiffs
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