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  • noun Plural form of whiffle.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle.

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Examples

  • Lee Swanson was a house of a man: timber-boned, colossally footed, but he moved through the world in whiffles and whispers.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Lee Swanson was a house of a man: timber-boned, colossally footed, but he moved through the world in whiffles and whispers.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Blackjack leans over the stall and whiffles in my hair.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

  • Blackjack leans over the stall and whiffles in my hair.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

  • Blackjack leans over the stall and whiffles in my hair.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

  • Blackjack leans over the stall and whiffles in my hair.

    Dear Pen Pal Heather Vogel Frederick 2009

  • A simple "No!" seemed to do more than either of the first commands, so she repeated it sternly until the noise died down to a few growls and whiffles and her heart rate returned to normal.

    A Darker Place King, Laurie R. 1999

  • He is a bit too old now to chase rabbits for real but he still whiffles in his sleep so I am sure he is chasing them in his dreams.

    Favourite Dog Stories Herriot, James 1995

  • Ernie is a thistle whiffler and he whiffles thistles with a thistle whiffler.

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

  • I was at Marlborough -- school you know -- and I'd got the whiffles or something so bad, the doctor said I should die if I wasn't sent to a warm climate.

    The Rajah of Dah George Manville Fenn 1870

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