English Explanatory Dictionary

tiff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat.
  2. A brief outburst or period of bad temper; a snit; also (rare) any brief outburst (for example, of laughter).
verb
  1. To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of TIFF (acronym of tagged image file format).
verb
  1. Synonym of tiffin (“to eat a (light) midday meal or snack; to have lunch, to lunch”).
noun
  1. A small draught or sip of liquor (especially diluted or poor quality liquor) or punch.
  2. Liquor, especially diluted or poor quality liquor.
verb
  1. To drink (liquor), especially slowly or in small amounts; to sip.
verb
  1. To deck out or dress (someone or oneself, or their body or hair).
  2. To deck out or dress one's body or hair.
noun
  1. The way in which one's body or hair is decked out or dressed.
name
  1. Acronym of tagged image file format.
noun
  1. An image stored in the TIFF format.
  2. A file using TIFF file format
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Tiffany.
noun
  1. Alternative form of TIFF.

Pronunciation

/tɪf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tiff.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-tiff.wav

Word forms

tiff tiffs tiffing tiffed

Etymology

The origin of the noun is unknown; it is possibly originally dialectal and may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of a small puff of air or gas. The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

tift miff spat squabble barney bicker quarrel wrangle argue tiff quibble row pettifog tiffin whiff getup outfit tif .tif .tiff

Related words

tiffin

Derived words

lovers' tiff tiffish tiffy tift tiffing tiffle
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