Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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