Definition of "waff" [waff]

• To wave or flutter or to cause to do so. (verb-transitive)
• A waving or fluttering motion. (noun)
• A gust of air; a waft. (noun)

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• "When he visited the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he gave a memorable speech explaining how the British invented ping pong, or "wiff waff" as he informed his audience it was once called."
• "Boris on the Olympics, ping-pong versus whiff-waff and the differing attitudes to dining tables in England and France."
• "I had to admit that I was overawed by the woman, a jellyfish and a wimp in her presence, allowing her to dismiss my waff lings with a wave of her hand."