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noun 
  1. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air
  2. An odour carried briefly through the air
  3. A short inhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe
  4. (baseball) A strike (from the batter's perspective)
  5. The megrim, a fish with scientific name Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Translations: 
  • Spanish: bocanadas
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, An odour carried briefly through the air)
verb 
  1. (transitive) To waft.
  2. (transitive) To sniff.
  3. (context, intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
  4. (slang) to attempt to strike and miss, esp. being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
Translations: 
    adjective 
    1. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.
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