Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To wave or flutter or to cause to do so.
- n. A waving or fluttering motion.
- n. A gust of air; a waft.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Etymologies
- Middle English waffen, to wave, alteration of waven; see wave. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When he visited the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he gave a memorable speech explaining how the British invented ping pong, or "wiff waff" as he informed his audience it was once called.”
“Boris on the Olympics, ping-pong versus whiff-waff and the differing attitudes to dining tables in England and France.”
“I had to admit that I was overawed by the woman, a jellyfish and a wimp in her presence, allowing her to dismiss my waff lings with a wave of her hand.”
Every living thing
“Everything in the Wrounipai waff slick with moss or rough with fungi.”
The Moment Of The Magician
“He went bye with a waff of wind in his plaiding, and his haunch-man as he passed at a discreet distance got the double share of jibe and glunch from the mariners.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“You are very much afraid of a waff of wind blowing on your cousin's name," I would cry.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“But I will tell ye what ye may hear when we get down the hill by the joiner's shop -- and that's the clink o 'the saddle irons, and the waff o' their horses 'lugs as they shake their necks -- them no liking their heads tied up in bags.”
“Juist e'en the waff o 'your ain coat-tails, mistress," said Tammock.”
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
“If this were an Eighties slideshow presentation, I'd be pressing a button around now and the picture would awkwardly and diagonally change from my stupid face to the lovelier and nearly as stupid face of… shuffla-waff…”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Did ye no ken of three young doctors -- Eirish students -- alang with some resurrectioners, as waff and wile as themsells, firing shottie for shottie with the guard at”
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Up In The Air @ Wordnik
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1937, coined in the fantasy tales of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).
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