Synonyms of the word

whiff

• n. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air.
• n. An odour carried briefly through the air.
• n. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
• n. (figuratively) A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
• n. (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective).
• n. The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
• v. (transitive) To waft.
• v. (transitive) To sniff.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
• v. (slang) To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
• v. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
• v. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
• adj. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.

blast

• n. A violent gust of wind.
• n. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
• n. A hit from a pipe.
• n. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
• n. The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an…
• n. An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
• n. An explosive charge for blasting.
• n. A loud, sudden sound.
• n. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
• n. (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
• n. (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
• n. A flatulent disease of sheep.
• n. (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) An algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information.
• v. (transitive) To confound by a loud blast or din.
• v. (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
• v. (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
• v. (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
• v. (transitive) To curse; to damn.
• v. (transitive) (sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
• v. (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
• v. To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
• v. (transitive) To blight or wither.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To blow, for example on a trumpet.
• interj. Blast it; damn it.
• n. (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

gust

• n. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
• n. Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To blow in gusts.
• n. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
• n. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
• n. Intellectual taste; fancy.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

mouth

• n. (anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
• n. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
• n. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
• n. (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
• n. (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
• n. (obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
• n. (obsolete) Cry; voice.
• n. (obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
• n. (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
• v. (transitive) To speak; to utter.
• v. (transitive) To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
• v. (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
• v. (obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
• v. (obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
• v. (obsolete) To make mouths at.

puff

• n. (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
• n. (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
• n. (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
• n. (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
• n. (dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up…
• n. A puffball.
• n. A powder puff.
• n. (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
• n. (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
• n. (derogatory, slang, Britain, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof.
• n. (slang, dated, Britain) Life.
• v. (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
• v. (intransitive) To pant.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To advertise.
• v. To blow as an expression of scorn.
• v. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
• v. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
• v. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
• v. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
• v. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
• v. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
• v. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

smell

• n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals,…
• n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
• v. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
• v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or…
• v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
• v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
• v. To detect or perceive; often with out.
• v. (obsolete) To give heed to.

smoke

• n. (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
• n. (colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
• n. (colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.).
• n. (colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory,…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke…
• n. (uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
• n. (military, uncountable) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield…
• n. (baseball, slang) A fastball.
• v. (transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
• v. (intransitive) To give off smoke.
• v. To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
• v. (slang) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form.
• v. (US, Canada, New Zealand, slang) To beat someone at something.
• v. (US, slang) To kill, especially with a gun.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
• v. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To ridicule to the face; to mock.
• v. To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
• v. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
• v. To suffer severely; to be punished.
• v. (transitive, US military slang) To punish for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
• adj. Of the colour known as smoke.
• adj. Made of or with smoke.

sniff

• n. An instance of sniffing.
• n. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
• n. (colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
• v. To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
• v. (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
• v. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
• v. (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
• v. (slang, Britain) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.
• interj. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.

speak

• v. (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
• v. (intransitive) To have a conversation.
• v. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
• v. (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
• v. (transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
• v. (transitive) To utter.
• v. (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
• v. (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
• n. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
• n. Speach, conversation.
• n. (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.

strikeout

• n. An instance or the act of yielding nothing.
• n. (baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.
• n. (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it;…

talk

• n. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
• n. A lecture.
• n. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
• n. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child…
• n. (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
• n. Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
• v. (transitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
• v. (transitive, informal) To discuss.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
• v. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.

utter

• adj. (now poetic, literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote.
• adj. (obsolete) Outward.
• adj. Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
• v. (transitive) To say.
• v. (transitive) To use the voice.
• v. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved.
• v. (transitive) To make (a noise).
• v. (law, transitive) To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation.
• adv. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.

verbalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize.

verbalize

• v. To speak or to use words to express.
• v. (grammar) To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.