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Word entry · 4 letters

tiff

Best crossword clue

"Minor quarrel"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tɪf/Part of speech nounSorted ffitStarts with TEnds with F1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2I3F4F

Definitions

  1. a quarrel about petty points

Word origin

The origin of the noun is unknown; it is possibly originally dialectal and may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of a small puff of air or gas. The verb is derived from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • My Lord and I have had another little—Tiff, ſhall I call it? It came not up to a quarrel. Married people vvould have enough to do, if they vvere to trouble their friends every time they miſunderſtood one another.
  • There's Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
  • [T]he blithe young couple were a pleasant sight to see, as they twirled merrily round and round, feeling more friendly than ever after their small tiff.

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