Spiff vs Spife - What's the difference?
spiff | spife |
(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner
:Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.
(countable, dated) A well-dressed man
(countable, sales jargon) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
(countable, colloquial, Jamaica) a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette; a joint
*2000 , Leone Ross, Tasting Songs'', in ''Dark Matter (ed. Sheree R. Thomas),
*2004 , Sander L. Gilman, Xun Zhou, Smoke: A Global History of Smoking ,
(usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
:Our productivity would surely increase if we'd just spiff up this office a bit.
to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
to throw.
:I spiffed the turf over the edge and it went straight through the window and hit the officer.
As nouns the difference between spiff and spife
is that spiff is (uncountable) attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner while spife is a hybrid utensil of a spoon and a knife.As a verb spiff
is (usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date).spiff
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- She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers...
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- ...someone else built a spiff which he lit and gave to me...