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- [tif]
- /tɪf/
- /tɪf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tif]
- /tɪf/
Definitions of tiff word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of TIFF Tagged Image File Format 3
- noun tiff a slight or petty quarrel. 1
- noun tiff a slight fit of annoyance, bad mood, or the like. 1
- verb without object tiff to have a petty quarrel. 1
- verb without object tiff to be in a tiff. 1
- noun tiff quarrel 1
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Origin of tiff
First appearance:
before 1720 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1720-30; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tiff
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tiff popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tiff usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tiff
verb tiff
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- argufy — to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- bicker — When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- call on the carpet — (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- duelling — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
noun tiff
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- blah-blah — and so on; and so forth.
- blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
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