a slight or passing odour

a brief inhalation of odour, gas, etc; a smell or sniff

a quick puff or slight gust

a slight trace

a whiff of scandal

to inhale, smell, or an odour; to sniff

Brit, informal to smell unpleasant

to emit a whiff or whiffs; to puff

to sniff or smell (something)

to blow, emit, or convey (something) in whiffs