Dictionary entry

Whiffle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Whif″fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Whiffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whiffling (?).] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.]

1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. D�mpier.

2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy. I. Watts.