whiffle

[ hwif-uh l, wif- ]

/ ˈʰwɪf əl, ˈwɪf- /

to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.

to shift about; vacillate; be fickle.

to blow with light, shifting gusts.

Origin of whiffle

First recorded in 1550–60; whiff¹ + -le

whid, whidah, whidbey island, whiff, whiffet, whiffle, whiffler, whiffletree, whiffy, whig, whig party

But Whiffle never could acquit Yerk of having been, directly or indirectly, the cause of his suffering from the impure shower.

Tom Cringle's Log |Michael Scott
But the postman never came near the little cottage at the elbow in Whiffle Street, all that day.

The Girls of Central High on the Stage |Gertrude W. Morrison
Then why not whiffle round now and just for a change be prepared for the best?

Walter and the Wireless |Sara Ware Bassett
Would not anyone who wished to whiffle have to go to a master of the art?

The Romany Rye |George Borrow

Would not any one who wished to whiffle have to go to a master of the art?

The Romany Rye |George Borrow

whiffle

/ (ˈwɪfəl) /

(intr) to think or behave in an erratic or unpredictable way

to blow or be blown fitfully or in gusts

(intr) to whistle softly

C16: frequentative of whiff 1