gust English
Etymology 1
Apparently from (etyl) gustr , though not recorded before Shakespeare.
Noun
( en noun)
A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* windflaw
Etymology 2
From ( etyl) gustus ‘taste’. For the verb, compare ( etyl) ( lena) gustare, ( etyl) gustare, ( etyl) gustar.
Noun
( -)
(archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
* Jeremy Taylor
- An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
* Alexander Pope
- Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
* 1942': ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn '''gust . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
Intellectual taste; fancy.
* Dryden
- A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To taste.
(obsolete) To have a relish for.
Related terms
* disgust
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whiffle English
(whiffling)
Alternative forms
* wiffle
Noun
( en noun)
A short blow or gust
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
- (Douce)
Verb
( whiffl)
to blow a short gust
to waffle, talk aimlessly
(British) to waste time
to travel quickly, whizz, whistle, with an accompanying wind-like sound
(ornithology, of a bird) to descending rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
- (Dampier)
To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
* I. Watts
- A person of whiffling and unsteady turn of mind cannot keep close to a point of controversy.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
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Derived terms
* wiffleball
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