Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whiffle
Participle: whiffleeed
Gerund: whiffleing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| he;she;it | whiffles |
| we | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| they | whiffle |
Perfect
| I | have whiffleeed |
| you | have whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | has whiffleeed |
| we | have whiffleeed |
| you | have whiffleeed |
| they | have whiffleeed |
Past
| I | whiffleeed |
| you | whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | whiffleeed |
| we | whiffleeed |
| you | whiffleeed |
| they | whiffleeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had whiffleeed |
| you | had whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | had whiffleeed |
| we | had whiffleeed |
| you | had whiffleeed |
| they | had whiffleeed |
Future
| I | will whiffle |
| you | will whiffle |
| he;she;it | will whiffle |
| we | will whiffle |
| you | will whiffle |
| they | will whiffle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whiffleeed |
| you | will have whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | will have whiffleeed |
| we | will have whiffleeed |
| you | will have whiffleeed |
| they | will have whiffleeed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| he;she;it | whiffle |
| we | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| they | whiffle |
Perfect
| I | have whiffleeed |
| you | have whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | have whiffleeed |
| we | have whiffleeed |
| you | have whiffleeed |
| they | have whiffleeed |
Imperfect
| I | whiffleeed |
| you | whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | whiffleeed |
| we | whiffleeed |
| you | whiffleeed |
| they | whiffleeed |
Pluperfect
| I | had whiffleeed |
| you | had whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | had whiffleeed |
| we | had whiffleeed |
| you | had whiffleeed |
| they | had whiffleeed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whiffle |
| you | would whiffle |
| he;she;it | would whiffle |
| we | would whiffle |
| you | would whiffle |
| they | would whiffle |
Perfect
| I | would have whiffleeed |
| you | would have whiffleeed |
| he;she;it | would have whiffleeed |
| we | would have whiffleeed |
| you | would have whiffleeed |
| they | would have whiffleeed |
Imperative
| you | whiffle |
| we | Let's whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'whiffle'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'whiffle'
whuffle,
chuffle,
haffle,
niffle,
piffle,
riffle,
shaffle,
shuffle,
siffle,
sniffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- With a puff of air
- disperse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1662, 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.
Sample Sentences
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[S]ometimes it may happen that ſuch a Cloud may appear ſeveral Mornings and Evenings, and we may not feel the effects of it, or but very little; yet we always provide againſt it; for a North never comes without ſuch a foreboding Cloud. But if the VVinds also vvhiffle about to the South, with fair flattering VVeather, it never fails. [1699, William Dampier, “Of Storms”, in Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, part (please specify |part=I to III), page 61:]
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[A] Perſon of whiffling and unſteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep cloſe to a Point of Controverſy, […] [1741, I[saac] Watts, “Rules of Improvement by Conversation”, in The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, paragraph XXVII, page 144:]
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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, Henry More, “The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Church of Laodicea”, in An Exposition of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches; […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 163:]