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verb (used without object)
1.
to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
2.
to shift about; vacillate; be fickle.
verb (used with object)
3.
to blow with light, shifting gusts.
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Word Origin & History
whiffle
"flicker or flutter as if blown by the wind," 1662 (see whiff). The noun meaning "something light or insignificant" (1680) is preserved in whiffle-ball (1931).
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