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Noun

  1. a small argument; a petty quarrel
  2. Wikipedia:TIFF|TIFF: a computer Wikipedia:file format|file format used for encoding pictures originally called Tag (or Tagged) Image File Format.


Verb

  1. to quarrel


Category:English intransitive verbs

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or
contention. See Tift. --Thackeray.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tiff \Tiff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tiffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiffing.]
To be in a pet.
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She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. --Landor.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet tiff
n : a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat,
squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
Moby Dictionary
altercate , altercation , argument , bicker , bickering , blood feud ,
brawl , broil , caterwaul , contention , controversy , differ ,
difference of opinion , disagreement , dispute , donnybrook ,
donnybrook fair , dudgeon , embroilment , fall , falling-out , ferment ,
feud , fight , flite , fliting , fracas , fret , fume , fuss , have words ,
high dudgeon , huff , imbroglio , join issue , logomachy , miff ,
misunderstanding , open quarrel , pet , pique , polemic , quarrel ,
rhubarb , row , run-in , set to , sharp words , slanging match , snarl ,
spar , spat , squabble , stew , strife , tussle , vendetta , words ,
wrangle


TIFF Tag / Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)
FOLDOC TIFF

Tagged Image File Format


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