tiff

1 of 2

noun

: a petty quarrel

tiff

2 of 2

verb

tiffed; tiffing; tiffs

intransitive verb

: to have a petty quarrel

Examples of tiff in a Sentence

Noun got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed Verb like any couple, they occasionally tiff, but it's never anything serious
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Noun
The tiff between Musk and Republicans continued as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the House bill would add roughly $2.4 million to the deficit over the next decade. Riley Beggin, USA Today, 5 June 2025 George, who suspended Pfleger during their tiff, eventually backed down amid neighborhood outcry. Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025 Use Negative Experiences To Fuel You Swift has had her share of public tiffs with other industry titans. Anne Sugar, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 This, by contrast, has not always been the image Milan have presented to the world this season — with Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez’s cooling-break dissent away at Lazio, Fonseca calling out a lack of effort after Red Star, and then Conceicao and Davide Calabria’s tiff after the Parma game. James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tiff

Word History

Etymology

Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1754, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1700, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tiff was in 1700

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“Tiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiff. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

tiff

noun
ˈtif
: a minor quarrel

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