whiffled — [“Avifld] mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Jed found himself a mite whiffled, but nobody else knew. D That guy really looks whiffled … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
whiffled — drunk To whiffle was to be unsteady, as drunkards often are: I did thirty days without the option for punching a policeman in the stomach on Boat Race night. But you were whiffled at the time. (Wodehouse, 1930) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
whiffled — whif·fle || hwɪfl / w v. blow lightly (about the wind); make a blowing sound; move back and forth; be fickle, be variable … English contemporary dictionary
whiffled — whiffˈled adjective (slang) Drunk • • • Main Entry: ↑whiffle … Useful english dictionary
Whiffle — Whif fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiffling}.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.] [1913 Webster] 1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whiffling — Whiffle Whif fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiffling}.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.] [1913 Webster] 1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whiffle — verb (whiffled; whiffling) Etymology: probably frequentative of whiff Date: 1568 intransitive verb 1. a. of the wind to blow unsteadily or in gusts b. vacillate 2. to emit or produce a light whistling or puffing sound … New Collegiate Dictionary
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whiffle — /hwif euhl, wif /, v., whiffled, whiffling. v.i. 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. v.t. 3. to blow with light, shifting gusts. [1550 60; WHIFF +… … Universalium
whiffle — [c]/ˈwɪfəl/ (say wifuhl) verb (whiffled, whiffling) –verb (i) 1. to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer irregularly (about). 2. to shift about; vacillate. –verb (t) 3. to blow with light, shifting gusts. {frequentative of… …
