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TIFF
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
(noun) a quarrel about petty points
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
TIFF
(computer graphics) Initialism of tagged image file format.
Noun
TIFF (plural TIFFs)
(computer graphics) An image stored in the TIFF format.
Anagrams
• fift
Etymology 1
Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.
Noun
tiff (plural tiffs)
A small argument; a petty quarrel.
Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
(intransitive) To quarrel.
Synonyms
• See also squabble
Etymology 2
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
(obsolete, transitive) To deck out; to dress.
Etymology 3
Verb
tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)
(British India, intransitive) To have lunch.
Anagrams
• fift
Etymology
Proper noun
Tiff
A diminutive of the female given name Tiffany.
Anagrams
• fift
Source: Wiktionary
Tiff, n. Etym: [Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. a smell, to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. tüv smell, scent, taste.]
1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." Sir W. Scott.
2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. Thackeray.
Tiff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiffing.]
Definition: To be in a pet. She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor.
Tiff, v. t. Etym: [OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip, n.]
Definition: To deck out; to dress. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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