Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whiffle
Participle: whiffled
Gerund: whiffling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| he;she;it | whiffles |
| we | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| they | whiffle |
Perfect
| I | have whiffled |
| you | have whiffled |
| he;she;it | has whiffled |
| we | have whiffled |
| you | have whiffled |
| they | have whiffled |
Past
| I | whiffled |
| you | whiffled |
| he;she;it | whiffled |
| we | whiffled |
| you | whiffled |
| they | whiffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had whiffled |
| you | had whiffled |
| he;she;it | had whiffled |
| we | had whiffled |
| you | had whiffled |
| they | had whiffled |
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 whiffled |
| you | will have whiffled |
| he;she;it | will have whiffled |
| we | will have whiffled |
| you | will have whiffled |
| they | will have whiffled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| he;she;it | whiffle |
| we | whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
| they | whiffle |
Perfect
| I | have whiffled |
| you | have whiffled |
| he;she;it | have whiffled |
| we | have whiffled |
| you | have whiffled |
| they | have whiffled |
Imperfect
| I | whiffled |
| you | whiffled |
| he;she;it | whiffled |
| we | whiffled |
| you | whiffled |
| they | whiffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had whiffled |
| you | had whiffled |
| he;she;it | had whiffled |
| we | had whiffled |
| you | had whiffled |
| they | had whiffled |
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 whiffled |
| you | would have whiffled |
| he;she;it | would have whiffled |
| we | would have whiffled |
| you | would have whiffled |
| they | would have whiffled |
Imperative
| you | whiffle |
| we | Let's whiffle |
| you | whiffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'whiffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, 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:]