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tiff

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiff  \Tiff\,  n.  [Originally,  a  sniff,  sniffing;  cf  Icel.  ?efr  a 
  smell,  ?efa  to  sniff,  Norw.  tev  a  drawing  in  of  the  breath, 
  teva  to  sniff,  smell,  dial.  Sw  t["u]v  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiff  \Tiff\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tiffed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tiffing}.] 
  To  be  in  a  pet. 
 
  She  tiffed  with  Tim,  she  ran  from  Ralph.  --Landor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiff  \Tiff\,  v.  t.  [OE.  tiffen,  OF  tiffer,  tifer,  to  bedizen; 
  cf  D.  tippen  to  clip  the  points  or  ends  of  the  hair,  E.  tip, 
  n.] 
  To  deck  out  to  dress.  [Obs.]  --A.  Tucker. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tiff 
  n  :  petty  quarrel  [syn:  {bicker},  {bickering},  {spat},  {squabble}, 
  {fuss}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  TIFF 
 
  {Tagged  Image  File  Format} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  TIFF 
  Tag  /  Tagged  Image  File  Format  (Aldus)




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