whiffling

verb

  1. 1

    To blow a short gust.

  2. 2

    To waffle, talk aimlessly.

  3. 3

    To waste time.

  4. 4

    To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.

  5. 5

    (of a bird) 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.

  6. 6

    To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.

  7. 7

    To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

  8. 8

    To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

  9. 9

    To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.

noun

  1. 1

    Aimless talk; waffle.

  2. 2

    A breathy noise, as of a horse or a bird.

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