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Pronunciation : Tiff
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. a smell, to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. t?v smell, scent, taste.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tiff
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be in a pet. She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor.

i. [imp. & p. p. Tiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiffing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tiff
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip, n.]
Definition : Defn: To deck out; to dress. [Obs.] A. Tucker.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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