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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