to tiff

Examples

• All

• My sister and I often tiff over who gets to control the TV remote.

• If we've finished tiffing, come and say hello to Tom.

  Bright Star (2009)

• We tiff frequently, which is unusual for me.

  Blog text (26)

• Mo's just a little tiffed at BO right now.

  Blog text (14)

• But traveling and spending all your time together in close quarters can also bring out the worst in a couple, and sometimes we'd tiff over nothing, and he'd wonder why I loved him at all.

  Blog text (26)

• After a brief tiff, they quickly made up and continued their conversation.

Synonyms

B

to bicker

vsto tiff

36 4.1

Argue again and again with someone about small unimportant things

is a single small argument rather than ongoing petty disputes

S

to spat

vsto tiff

25 4.9

To have a short, unimportant argument with someone

occurs mainly between close friends or romantic partners

S

to scrap

vsto tiff

• Informal

5 4.1

To have a small fight about something unimportant

is usually a brief nonphysical disagreement among close people

H

to have a quarrel

vsto tiff

2 2.8

Argue with someone and feel angry or upset afterward

is a brief minor disagreement that usually does not create lasting harm

S

to skirmish over

vsto tiff

6.7

Argue a little about something, like where to eat

is typically a small personal argument between close people

B

to brabble

vsto tiff

• Archaic

9.9

To argue loudly about small unimportant things

is a small usually quieter argument between close people

Antonyms

M

to make up

77 2.7

Become friends again after a fight

R

to reconcile

38 5.1

To become friendly again after a disagreement

How Serious

to fight

∞ 1.0

to argue

607 1.1

to tiff

• Informal

6.8

to disagree

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology