whiffle
To blow a short gustTo blow a short gust.
Значение
значений: 9To blow a short gust.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
(Британия)To waste time.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
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.
(непереходный)To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(переходный)To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
Происхождение
1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomato1662, in sense “flutter as blown by wind”, as whiff + -le (“(frequentative)”) and (onomatopoeia) sound of wind, particularly a leaf fluttering in unsteady wind; compare whiff. Sense “something small or insignificant” is from 1680.
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Формы
whiffles, whiffling, whiffled, whiffledОднокоренные
связанных слов: 1Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени