† tiffn.¹

Etymology: < tiff v.¹

Obsolete. rare.

Manner of dressing or arranging, get-up; the way in which the hair, wig, etc. is dressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun]

headc1450

coiffure1633

tiff1703

cock1768

top1780

Madonna style1818

Madonna front1849

hairstyle1871

Madonna coiffure1890

haircut1895

do1918

hairdo1932

1703 Levellers in Harleian Misc. (1745) V. 419/2 Did you mark the beau Tiff of his Wig, what a deal of Pains he took to toss it back?

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tiffn.²

Brit.

/tɪf/, U.S.

/tɪf/

Forms: Also 1800s Scottish tift.

Etymology: Origin obscure; perhaps onomatopoeic; compare tiff v.², tift v.²

colloquial or slang. ? Obsolete.

1. Liquor, esp. poor, weak, or ‘small’ liquor, ‘tipple’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > inferior

swilling1545

pigwash1604

hogwash1610

tiffa1635

rag water1699

necessity1748

wash1819

bellywash1840

Hoochinoo1877

hooch1897

pink-eye1900

shypoo1901

King Kong1937

scrap iron1942

Montana gin1986

a1635 R. Corbet On J. Dawson in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 30 So let your Channels flow with single tiffe, For John I hope is crown'd.

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. M4 Your next is money, which I promise, Full fifty pounds alas the summe is, That too shall quickly follow, if It can be rais'd from Strong or Tiffe.

1703 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 15 With scanty offals and small acid tiff (Wretched repast!).

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Vappa Palled wine that hath lost its strength, dead drink, poor tiff.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xiii Drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned.

2. A sip or little drink of punch or other diluted liquor. Cf. whiff n.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink

snack1685

smack1693

drop1699

tiff1727

toothfula1774

caulker1808

caulk1834

nobbler1842

spot1917

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tiff, a small Quantity of potable Liquor, as a Tiff of Punch, etc.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. x. 203 What say you to..a Tiff of Punch, by Way of Whet?

1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 3 Monnie a tift o' yell.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 174 Sipping his tiff of brandy punch with great solemnity.

1819 Sporting Mag. 4 272 The gentleman can't take a tiff of beer in a morning.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 98 We shall take a tiff of Campbell and Somerville's best black strap.

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tiffn.³

Brit.

/tɪf/, U.S.

/tɪf/

Etymology: Origin obscure; probably onomatopoeic, from the sound of a slight puff of air or gas.

colloquial.

1. A slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour. Now rare or merged in sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of

gloominga1400

terret1515

momurdotesc1540

the sullens1580

pirr1581

pet1590

snuff1592

mulligrubs1599

mumps1599

geea1605

mood1609

miff1623

tetch1623

frumps1671

strunt1721

hump1727

tiff1727

tift1751

huff1757

tig1773

tout1787

sulk1792

twita1825

fantigue1825

fuff1834

grumps1844

spell1856

the grumbles1861

grouch1895

snit1939

mardy1968

moody1969

strop1970

sull1972

cream puff1985

mard1998

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tiff,..also a small Fit of Anger, etc.

1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 230 That common compassion (says he in a tiff) would give me but little satisfaction.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 102 Returning homewards in a furious Tiff.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tiff, a pet; slight anger. ‘She was in a tiff’.

1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 164 Abrupt Captain Anthony being in some tiff of his own.

2. A slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement; a ‘breeze’; sometimes applied to a more serious quarrel.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel

feudc1565

squabble1602

prabble1603

squabbling1611

bangling1612

pickeering1650

squabblement1731

tift1751

tiff1753

spat1804

tracasserie1812

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxviii. 266 My Lord and I have had another little—Tiff, shall I call it? It came not up to a quarrel.

1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 150 Your dear Letter fell into Mamma's Hands, and..Madam thought herself entitled to open it.—So, my Dear, we had a violent Tiff upon it.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. ix. 139 More friendly than ever after their small tiff.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xi. 145 ‘Little tiffs’ are frequent when the senatorial majority is in opposition to the executive.

3. A short outburst (of laughter, etc.). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [noun] > outburst of

vein1736

rip1855

tiff1858

stitches1935

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. i. 149 Wilhelmina..answered..him with tiffs of laughter, in a prettily fleering manner.

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† tiffv.¹

Etymology: < Old French tifer, tiffer to adorn (12th cent. in Godefroy), modern French attifer : see atiffe v.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To attire, dress, deck out, trick out, ‘tittivate’ (one's person, hair, etc.). (In 18th cent. like French attifer, usually familiar.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)]

highta1200

atiffe?c1225

tiff?c1225

wyndre?a1366

kembc1386

picka1393

prunec1395

tifta1400

varnishc1405

finea1425

tifflea1425

quaint1484

embuda1529

trick?1532

trick1545

dill1548

tricka1555

prink1573

smug1588

sponge1588

smudge1589

perk1590

primpc1590

sponge1592

tricksy1598

prime1616

sprug1622

briska1625

to sleek upa1625

trickify1678

prim1688

titivate1705

dandify1823

beflounce1824

befop1866

spry1878

lustrify1886

dude1899

doll1916

tart1938

youthify1945

pansy1946

spiv1947

dolly1958

zhuzh1970

?c1225 [implied in: Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte[r]..& naut drahe þet wriheles te tiffung & te prude. (at tiffing n.)].

13.. K. Alis. 4109 Theo maydenes lokyn in the glas, For to tyffen [Laud MS. atyffen] heore fas.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3201 Ȝyf þou tyfyst þe ouer proudly.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3183 Knew þow nouȝt..þat i was tiffed in a-tir when i wend fro þe.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 15 In the our of risyng, tifle [1382 tyff] thee not. Margin, That is, make thee no tariyng in araiyng, ether tiflyng of heeris, as wymmen doon.

1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 225 I am sorry your ladies should tiff anything but their hair.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 84 Her desire of tiffing out her mistress in a killing attire.

b. absol. or intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (intransitive)]

trick?1532

mundify1568

prune1568

to finify it1586

prink1591

brisk1592

tiff1700

fetish1735

beautify1777

adonize1781

fix1783

smart1794

smarten1813

titivate1835

primp1887

doll1916

1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 27 Poor Mincing tift and tift all the morning.

1741 E. Montagu Let. in E. J. Climenson Elizabeth Montagu (1906) I. 65 While Deb is tiffing and tiffing till my hair is so pure and so crisp.

2. transitive.

a. To put in order, arrange.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order

tailc1330

ordain1340

disposec1375

appoint1393

fettlea1400

tifta1400

richc1400

tiffc1400

orderc1515

instruct1534

prune1586

compose1612

to make up1759

fix1783

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1129 & þay busken vp bilyue, blonkkeȝ to sadel, Tyffen he[r] takles, trussen her males.

b. To prepare, make, construct.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)]

i-wurchec888

makeeOE

workOE

dighta1175

outworka1325

forge1382

tiffa1400

fabricate1598

elaborate1611

produce1612

manufacture1648

to work off1653

output1858

productionize1939

a1400–50 Alexander 4465 Sum [idols] ere tiffid all of tree, and sum of tyn pured.

3. intransitive. To be idly employed, be busy about trifles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tyffyn, werke ydylly, idem quod tymeryn.

Derivatives

† tiffed adj. Obsolete tricked out, adorned (in quot. 1303 figurative): see also tift adj.

ΚΠ

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11763 Yn tyfed [v.r. tyffede] wurdys þat slyked are, Semeþ þy synnes þat þey noȝt were.

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tiffv.²

Etymology: < tiff n.² Compare tift v.²

colloquial or slang. ? Obsolete.

transitive. To drink; esp. to drink slowly or in small portions, to sip.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > sip or sup

supeOE

sipple1566

sip1611

delibate1623

tiff1769

smellsip1922

1769 Trinculo's Trip 25 I was tiffing a stout cann of flip.

1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxvii. 244 There tiff'd his punch and talk'd and smok'd.

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tiffv.³

Etymology: < tiff n.³

intransitive. To be in a tiff or pet; to have a tiff, or petty quarrel.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)]

to take (the) pet1590

pet1629

tiff1727

girn1837

gummidge1889

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in petty manner

squabblea1616

tift1780

flicker1809

tiff1859

naggle1863

frip1921

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Tiff, to be angry, peevish, fretful, or displeased at.

1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane (1888) 59 The Captain was late, and Miss Bowers tiffed.

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tiffv.⁴

Etymology: apparently abbreviation of or back-formation < tiff-ing, tiffin n.

Anglo-Indian.

intransitive. = tiffin vb. at tiffin n. Derivatives, to lunch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat lunch

tiff1803

lunch1823

tiffin1866

luncheon1885

pub-lunch1971

1803 M. Elphinstone in T. E. Colebrooke Life M. Elphinstone (1884) I. v. 116 We were interrupted by a summons to tiff. at Floyer's. After tiffin Close said he should be glad to go.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 230 The huntsman now inform'd them all, They were to tiff at Bobb'ry Hall.

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 290 ‘I'm afraid you won't like our tiffin, Walford.’.. ‘I have tiffed,’ said Walford.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 16 I will tiff with you to-day at half-past two.

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n.¹1703

n.²a1635

n.³1727

v.¹?c1225

v.²1769

v.³1727

v.⁴1803

单词	tiff
释义	† tiffn.¹ Etymology: < tiff v.¹ Obsolete. rare. Manner of dressing or arranging, get-up; the way in which the hair, wig, etc. is dressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] headc1450 coiffure1633 tiff1703 cock1768 top1780 Madonna style1818 Madonna front1849 hairstyle1871 Madonna coiffure1890 haircut1895 do1918 hairdo1932 1703 Levellers in Harleian Misc. (1745) V. 419/2 Did you mark the beau Tiff of his Wig, what a deal of Pains he took to toss it back? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). tiffn.² Brit. /tɪf/, U.S. /tɪf/ Forms: Also 1800s Scottish tift. Etymology: Origin obscure; perhaps onomatopoeic; compare tiff v.², tift v.² colloquial or slang. ? Obsolete. 1. Liquor, esp. poor, weak, or ‘small’ liquor, ‘tipple’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > inferior swilling1545 pigwash1604 hogwash1610 tiffa1635 rag water1699 necessity1748 wash1819 bellywash1840 Hoochinoo1877 hooch1897 pink-eye1900 shypoo1901 King Kong1937 scrap iron1942 Montana gin1986 a1635 R. Corbet On J. Dawson in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 30 So let your Channels flow with single tiffe, For John I hope is crown'd. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. M4 Your next is money, which I promise, Full fifty pounds alas the summe is, That too shall quickly follow, if It can be rais'd from Strong or Tiffe. 1703 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 15 With scanty offals and small acid tiff (Wretched repast!). 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Vappa Palled wine that hath lost its strength, dead drink, poor tiff. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xiii Drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned. 2. A sip or little drink of punch or other diluted liquor. Cf. whiff n.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink snack1685 smack1693 drop1699 tiff1727 toothfula1774 caulker1808 caulk1834 nobbler1842 spot1917 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tiff, a small Quantity of potable Liquor, as a Tiff of Punch, etc. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. viii. x. 203 What say you to..a Tiff of Punch, by Way of Whet? 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 3 Monnie a tift o' yell. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 174 Sipping his tiff of brandy punch with great solemnity. 1819 Sporting Mag. 4 272 The gentleman can't take a tiff of beer in a morning. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 98 We shall take a tiff of Campbell and Somerville's best black strap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tiffn.³ Brit. /tɪf/, U.S. /tɪf/ Etymology: Origin obscure; probably onomatopoeic, from the sound of a slight puff of air or gas. colloquial. 1. A slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour. Now rare or merged in sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tiff,..also a small Fit of Anger, etc. 1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 230 That common compassion (says he in a tiff) would give me but little satisfaction. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 102 Returning homewards in a furious Tiff. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tiff, a pet; slight anger. ‘She was in a tiff’. 1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 164 Abrupt Captain Anthony being in some tiff of his own. 2. A slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement; a ‘breeze’; sometimes applied to a more serious quarrel. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > petty quarrel feudc1565 squabble1602 prabble1603 squabbling1611 bangling1612 pickeering1650 squabblement1731 tift1751 tiff1753 spat1804 tracasserie1812 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxviii. 266 My Lord and I have had another little—Tiff, shall I call it? It came not up to a quarrel. 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 150 Your dear Letter fell into Mamma's Hands, and..Madam thought herself entitled to open it.—So, my Dear, we had a violent Tiff upon it. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. ix. 139 More friendly than ever after their small tiff. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xi. 145 ‘Little tiffs’ are frequent when the senatorial majority is in opposition to the executive. 3. A short outburst (of laughter, etc.). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [noun] > outburst of vein1736 rip1855 tiff1858 stitches1935 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. i. 149 Wilhelmina..answered..him with tiffs of laughter, in a prettily fleering manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tiffv.¹ Etymology: < Old French tifer, tiffer to adorn (12th cent. in Godefroy), modern French attifer : see atiffe v. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To attire, dress, deck out, trick out, ‘tittivate’ (one's person, hair, etc.). (In 18th cent. like French attifer, usually familiar.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] highta1200 atiffe?c1225 tiff?c1225 wyndre?a1366 kembc1386 picka1393 prunec1395 tifta1400 varnishc1405 finea1425 tifflea1425 quaint1484 embuda1529 trick?1532 trick1545 dill1548 tricka1555 prink1573 smug1588 sponge1588 smudge1589 perk1590 primpc1590 sponge1592 tricksy1598 prime1616 sprug1622 briska1625 to sleek upa1625 trickify1678 prim1688 titivate1705 dandify1823 beflounce1824 befop1866 spry1878 lustrify1886 dude1899 doll1916 tart1938 youthify1945 pansy1946 spiv1947 dolly1958 zhuzh1970 ?c1225 [implied in: Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte[r]..& naut drahe þet wriheles te tiffung & te prude. (at tiffing n.)]. 13.. K. Alis. 4109 Theo maydenes lokyn in the glas, For to tyffen [Laud MS. atyffen] heore fas. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3201 Ȝyf þou tyfyst þe ouer proudly. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3183 Knew þow nouȝt..þat i was tiffed in a-tir when i wend fro þe. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 15 In the our of risyng, tifle [1382 tyff] thee not. Margin, That is, make thee no tariyng in araiyng, ether tiflyng of heeris, as wymmen doon. 1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 225 I am sorry your ladies should tiff anything but their hair. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 84 Her desire of tiffing out her mistress in a killing attire. b. absol. or intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (intransitive)] trick?1532 mundify1568 prune1568 to finify it1586 prink1591 brisk1592 tiff1700 fetish1735 beautify1777 adonize1781 fix1783 smart1794 smarten1813 titivate1835 primp1887 doll1916 1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 27 Poor Mincing tift and tift all the morning. 1741 E. Montagu Let. in E. J. Climenson Elizabeth Montagu (1906) I. 65 While Deb is tiffing and tiffing till my hair is so pure and so crisp. 2. transitive. a. To put in order, arrange. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare or put in order tailc1330 ordain1340 disposec1375 appoint1393 fettlea1400 tifta1400 richc1400 tiffc1400 orderc1515 instruct1534 prune1586 compose1612 to make up1759 fix1783 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1129 & þay busken vp bilyue, blonkkeȝ to sadel, Tyffen he[r] takles, trussen her males. b. To prepare, make, construct. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)] i-wurchec888 makeeOE workOE dighta1175 outworka1325 forge1382 tiffa1400 fabricate1598 elaborate1611 produce1612 manufacture1648 to work off1653 output1858 productionize1939 a1400–50 Alexander 4465 Sum [idols] ere tiffid all of tree, and sum of tyn pured. 3. intransitive. To be idly employed, be busy about trifles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tyffyn, werke ydylly, idem quod tymeryn. Derivatives † tiffed adj. Obsolete tricked out, adorned (in quot. 1303 figurative): see also tift adj. ΚΠ 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11763 Yn tyfed [v.r. tyffede] wurdys þat slyked are, Semeþ þy synnes þat þey noȝt were. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). tiffv.² Etymology: < tiff n.² Compare tift v.² colloquial or slang. ? Obsolete. transitive. To drink; esp. to drink slowly or in small portions, to sip. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > sip or sup supeOE sipple1566 sip1611 delibate1623 tiff1769 smellsip1922 1769 Trinculo's Trip 25 I was tiffing a stout cann of flip. 1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxvii. 244 There tiff'd his punch and talk'd and smok'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). tiffv.³ Etymology: < tiff n.³ intransitive. To be in a tiff or pet; to have a tiff, or petty quarrel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)] to take (the) pet1590 pet1629 tiff1727 girn1837 gummidge1889 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in petty manner squabblea1616 tift1780 flicker1809 tiff1859 naggle1863 frip1921 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Tiff, to be angry, peevish, fretful, or displeased at. 1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane (1888) 59 The Captain was late, and Miss Bowers tiffed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). tiffv.⁴ Etymology: apparently abbreviation of or back-formation < tiff-ing, tiffin n. Anglo-Indian. intransitive. = tiffin vb. at tiffin n. Derivatives, to lunch. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat lunch tiff1803 lunch1823 tiffin1866 luncheon1885 pub-lunch1971 1803 M. Elphinstone in T. E. Colebrooke Life M. Elphinstone (1884) I. v. 116 We were interrupted by a summons to tiff. at Floyer's. After tiffin Close said he should be glad to go. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 230 The huntsman now inform'd them all, They were to tiff at Bobb'ry Hall. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 290 ‘I'm afraid you won't like our tiffin, Walford.’.. ‘I have tiffed,’ said Walford. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 16 I will tiff with you to-day at half-past two. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1703n.²a1635n.³1727v.¹?c1225v.²1769v.³1727v.⁴1803
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