Definition of Tiffing

1. Verb. (present participle of tiff) ¹

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Definition of Tiffing

1. tiff [v] - See also: tiff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiffing

ties
tietac
tietack
tietacks
tietacs
tiettaite
tietze's syndrome
tiewig
tiewigs
tiff
tiffanies
tiffany
tiffed
tiffin
tiffined
tiffing (current term)
tiffings
tiffining
tiffins
tiffish
tiffs
tifo
tifosi
tifoso
tift
tifted
tifting
tifts
tig
tigatuzumab

Literary usage of Tiffing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"83. 1810.—"The (Mahommedan) ladies. Hi- ours, indulge in tiffing! (slight repart*), it being delicate to eat but little before с- з ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Wedgwood says it ' is the North-country tiffing (properly ... E. tiff, to quaff; whence the bb. tiffin' = tiffing, a quaffing, a drinking. See Tiff (2). ..."

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