tiff1
/tɪf
/noun informal
A petty quarrel, especially one between friends or lovers: Joanna had a tiff with her boyfriend...
- Remember that you're too important to deal with employees' petty tiffs.
- And anyway, I'm sure they were only having a lovers' tiff!
- What if it was just a tiff between two friends today?
Synonyms
quarrel, squabble, row, argument, fight, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, shouting match, exchange, war of words;
tussle, conflict, fracas, affray, wrangle, tangle;
Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook
informal set-to, run-in, shindig, shindy, stand-up, spat, scrap, dust-up
British informal barney, slanging match, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck
Scottish informal rammy
North American informal rhubarb
archaic broil, miff
Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie
French archaic tracasserie(s)
Origin
Early 18th century (denoting a slight outburst of temper): probably of dialect origin.
Rhymes
TIFF2
/tɪf/noun Computing
A format for image files: [as modifier]: a TIFF image
Origin
1990s: acronym from tagged image file format.
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- colour-weak
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- colour word
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