[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a trace or hint:a whiff of scandal.", "a slight trace of odor or smell:a whiff of onions.", "a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke, or the like:a whiff of fresh air.", "a single inhalation or exhalation of air, tobacco smoke, or the like:I tried smoking once, but had a coughing fit after the first whiff and gave up.", "a slight outburst:a little whiff of temper."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to blow or come in light puffs, such as of wind or smoke:A breeze whiffed through the clearing, cooling our faces.", "to inhale or exhale in light puffs, such as when smoking tobacco:She was sitting on the porch, whiffing on a cigarette.", "to move swiftly through the air, creating a slight breeze or swishing sound:The ball whiffed past my head and into the net.", "Baseball.to swing without hitting the ball:He’s whiffed at 30 percent of pitches this season.(of a batter) to strike out by swinging at and missing the pitch charged as the third strike.", "to swing without hitting the ball:He’s whiffed at 30 percent of pitches this season.", "(of a batter) to strike out by swinging at and missing the pitch charged as the third strike.", "Informal.to fail in an effort or get something wrong:This economic think tank has whiffed on every prediction for the last decade."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to blow or drive with light puffs, as the wind does.", "to inhale or exhale (air, tobacco smoke, etc.) in light puffs.", "to smoke (a pipe, cigar, etc.).", "Baseball.(of a pitcher) to cause (a batter) to swing at a pitch and miss or to strike out.", "Informal.to fail at or in; get wrong:The book had a great beginning, but lost steam as it progressed, and totally whiffed the ending.He’s whiffed every opportunity we gave him.", "to catch a slight scent or hint of; sniff; smell:I broke a small branch off the lilac bush and whiffed the blooms as I walked."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys,as C. cornutushorned whiff,inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England New Englandto Brazil."]}]