Whiffle v. i. (past & past part. whiffled; pres. part. whiffling)
1.
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
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."