whiffle /ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/verb 9noun 4forms 3 verb9 •To blow a short gust. •To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. •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.[A] Person of whiffling and unsteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep close to a Point of Controversy, […] — 1741 •To waffle, talk aimlessly. •To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along. •To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.This is a plain and obvious sense of this Promise, […] against such as would whiffle away all these Truths by resolving them into a mere moral Allegorie. — 1669 •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. •(UK) To waste time. noun4 •A short blow or gust. •A male haircut done with electric clippers. •(no longer used) Something small or insignificant; a trifle. •(no longer used) A fife or small flute. formswhiffled · whiffling · whiffles