whiffet

whiffet
Synonyms and related words:
a nobody, a nothing, breath, breath of air, capful of wind, cipher, common man, dummy, figurehead, flatus, insignificancy, jackstraw, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity, nebbish, nobody, nobody one knows, nonentity, nothing, nullity, obscurity, pip-squeak, puff, puff of air, puff of wind, punk, runt, scrub, shrimp, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, squirt, squit, stir of air, waft, whiff, whippersnapper, zero, zilch

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  • Whiffet — Whif fet, n. A little whiff or puff. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whiffet — [hwif′it, wif′it] n. [dim. of WHIFF] 1. a little whiff, or puff 2. Informal an insignificant, esp. young, person …   English World dictionary

  • whiffet — noun Etymology: probably alteration of whippet Date: 1839 a small, young, or unimportant person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • whiffet — /hwif it, wif /, n. Informal. an insignificant person; whippersnapper. [1795 1805, Amer.; WHIFF1 + ET, modeled on whippet] * * * …   Universalium

  • whiffet — paltry person; little dog Unusual Animals …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • whiffet — whif·fet …   English syllables

  • whiffet — ˈhwifə̇t also ˈwi noun ( s) Etymology: probably alteration of whippet 1. : a very small dog 2. : a small, young, or unimportant person : whippersnapper …   Useful english dictionary

  • whif|fle|tree — «HWIHF uhl TREE», noun. the swinging, horizontal crossbar of a carriage or wagon, to which the traces of a harness are fastened; singletree. Also, whippletree. ╂[American English, variant of whippletree, apparently < whip in sense of “move… …   Useful english dictionary

  • breath — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, a breath, afterdamp, amaze, anima, anima humana, animating force, aroma, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, astonish, astound, atman, ba, bated breath, bathmism, beating heart, biological… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cipher — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, John Hancock, X, a nobody, a nothing, add, algebraize, allegory, alphabetic character, argot, aught, autograph, babble, binary digit, bit, break, calculate, cant, cast, character,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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