Tiff Definition
tĭf
tiffs
noun
tiffs
A fit of irritation.
American Heritage
A slight quarrel; spat.
Webster's New World
Liquor; esp., weak liquor.
Webster's New World
A little drink of weak liquor or punch.
Webster's New World
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verb
tiffs
To be in or have a tiff.
Webster's New World
To quarrel.
American Heritage
(obsolete) To deck out; to dress.
Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
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Wiktionary
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Origin of Tiff
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Middle English tiffen, Old French tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; compare D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).
From Wiktionary
Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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