whiffling
verb
- 1
To blow a short gust.
- 2
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
- 3
To waste time.
- 4
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
- 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
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
- 7
To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
- 8
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
- 9
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
noun
- 1
Aimless talk; waffle.
- 2
A breathy noise, as of a horse or a bird.
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