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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of whiffle.

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Examples

  • He whiffled his nose and lips over the surface and turned his fastidious head away: and it was no good getting angry, I had to trust to his equine sense.

    They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

  • He whiffled on about race , social justice blah blah and some Statist organisation called Compass promoted by Toynbee P and Tony Robinson.

    The London Carnival of Nu Liberty Guthrum 2009

  • Will Hutton whiffled endlessly as is his wont, about engagement, and talking about Liberty to everybody we met ?

    The London Carnival of Nu Liberty Guthrum 2009

  • I always thought he was bigger and... more... whiffled.

    Archive 2005-01-01 Michelle Collins 2005

  • The horses munched their grain, stamped and whiffled, and filled the derelict tavern with the pungent scent of their droppings.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • Nice man, but a little" "she whiffled a slender hand through the air like a bird.

    Black and Blue Quindlen, Anna 1998

  • He whiffled his nose and lips over the surface and turned his fastidious head away: and it was no good getting angry, I had to trust to his equine sense.

    To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

  • I could smell rosemary and thyme when the breeze whiffled through.

    I is for Innocent Grafton, Sue 1992

  • He whiffled it savagely and then pointed it at someone in the crowd.

    Death of a Fool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1956

  • A fast train whiffled through the town and they baggage-hooked a mailbag off the car at about a hundred and fifty per.

    Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946

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  • Intoxicated, drunk.

    May 11, 2008