Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fit of irritation.
- noun A petty quarrel.
- intransitive verb To quarrel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be in a pet; be peevish or quarrelsome.
- To dress; deck; array.
- noun A local name for the calcite occurring with the zinc and lead deposits of Joplin, Missouri.
- noun Set; attitude.
- To sip; drink.
- To lunch.
- noun A petty quarrel or misunderstanding; a slight pet, or fit of peevishness.
- noun A draught of liquor; a “drop”: as, a tiff of brandy.
- noun Thin or small beer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be in a pet.
- noun Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
- noun A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See
Tift . - transitive verb obsolete To deck out; to dress.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
deck out ; todress . - noun A small
argument ; apetty quarrel . - verb intransitive To
quarrel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quarrel about petty points
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word tiff in connection with her tale had a peculiar savour, a paralysing effect.
Chance Joseph Conrad 1890
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The word tiff in connection with her tale had a peculiar savour, a paralysing effect.
Chance A Tale in Two Parts Joseph Conrad 1890
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She called the tiff between Steele and Rush Limbaugh a "Republican Horror Show."
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She called the tiff between Steele and Rush Limbaugh a "Republican Horror Show."
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She called the tiff between Steele and Rush Limbaugh a "Republican Horror Show."
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She called the tiff between Steele and Rush Limbaugh a "Republican Horror Show."
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"We won't reveal our weapon as of now, but Sonny Boy is ready to rumble," said Aljoe Jaro, whose other protege, North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super bantamweight champion Bernabe Concepcion (26-1, 15 KOs), will also fight Giovannie Caro (11-4, 9 KOs, 2 draws) on the same day in a 10-round non-title tiff in San Diego, California.
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I mean, you know, we thought maybe they'd been involved in some kind of scuffle, maybe that kind of thing that some people would relatively refer to as a tiff or something.
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On to the Hillary-Obama Iraq tiff, which is a lot of noise about nothing:
Hillary and Obama on Iraq Decoded - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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The tiff was the subject of a viewer call in poll and somthing like 70 percent of viewers who responded felt Betty was "spot on" on her comments to Marcel.
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