tiff
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5.6
- noun
- /tɪf/
- Informal
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- Be careful not to allow these negativities to creep up and create tiffs between yourself and your spouse.
- a little tiff
- a minor tiff
- a silly tiff
He'll, he'll resign as the keeper because there's a little tiff over expelled books.
- He'll, he'll resign as the keeper because there's a little tiff over expelled books.
- We got into a little tiff that could have gone extremely bad.
Examples
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Look, you're having a lovers' tiff with Sue.
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Well, I wasn't the one who was blowing our cover by having a tiff with my boyfriend.
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We got into a little tiff that could have gone extremely bad.
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Sorry about that little tiff back there, Major.
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My wife and I had a little tiff at dinner tonight.
Blog text (13) -
-Just had a tiff with my ex.
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We have these little tiffs every now and again.
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At the end of fifty years, all our quarrels were transformed into lovers' tiffs.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a slight disagreement about dinner plans, they resolved their tiff and went out to eat together.
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They often have small tiffs that are quickly forgotten because they enjoy each other's company.
Synonyms
61
2.0
An angry argument between people who are usually friendly
27
4.2
A noisy argument about something unimportant
24
3.7
A short, unimportant argument between people
5
7.2
A short angry argument between people that is not very serious
1
9.9
An argument between people that uses angry words
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tiff has no certain origin, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of it as a very short fight, like the word spat, meaning a 'small argument' between friends or partners.