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whiff [wɪf]1 noun(a) (inhalation) bouffée f;∎ familiar one whiff of this gas and you'd be out cold une seule bouffée de ce gaz et vous tombez dans les pommes∎ he got a sudden whiff of her perfume/of rotten eggs il sentit soudain l'odeur de son parfum/une odeur d'œufs pourris;∎ familiar get a whiff of this! sens-moi un peu ça!;∎ figurative a whiff of scandal une odeur de scandale;∎ he had caught a whiff of something suspicious il avait senti que quelque chose de louche était dans l'air;∎ figurative literary there has always been a whiff of sulphur about him il a toujours eu une réputation sulfureusefamiliar schlinguer
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