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tiff 音標拼音: [t'ɪf] n. 一口,小爭吵,小口角,酒
vi. 小爭吵,生氣
vt. 飲 一口,小爭吵,小口角,酒小爭吵,生氣飲 tiff n 1: a quarrel about petty points [ synonym: { bicker}, { bickering}, { spat}, { tiff}, { squabble}, { pettifoggery}, { fuss}] Tiff \ Tiff\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Tiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Tiffing}.] To be in a pet. [ 1913 Webster] She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster]
Tiff \ Tiff\, v. t. [ OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip, n.] To deck out; to dress. [ Obs.] -- A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster]
Tiff \ Tiff\, n. [ Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. ? efr a smell, ? efa to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. t[" u] v smell, scent, taste.] 1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. " Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See { Tift}. -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] 59 Moby Thesaurus words for " tiff": altercate, altercation, argument, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, caterwaul, contention, controversy, differ, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dudgeon, embroilment, fall, falling- out, ferment, feud, fight, flite, fliting, fracas, fret, fume, fuss, have words, high dudgeon, huff, imbroglio, join issue, logomachy, miff, misunderstanding, open quarrel, pet, pique, polemic, quarrel, rhubarb, row, run- in, set to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spar, spat, squabble, stew, strife, tussle, vendetta, words, wrangle |
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