Tiff

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪf

Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

Full definition of tiff

Noun

1. A small argument; a petty quarrel.
• 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A StoryThere’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
2. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
• Sir Walter Scottsipping his tiff of brandy punch.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To quarrel.
• LandorShe tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.

Synonyms

Middle English tiffen, Old French tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; compare D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deck out; to dress.

Anagrams

• fift