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terms | tiffed |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb tiffed is

(tiff).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

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    tiffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tiff)

    • tiff

    English

    Etymology 1

    Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  • * 1840 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Catherine: A Story
    • There’s Tom, now, since this tiff with Mrs. Cat, the scoundrel plays the Grand Turk here!
  • Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • sipping his tiff of brandy punch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To quarrel.
  • * Landor
    • She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.
    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

    Middle English tiffen, (etyl) tiffer, (tifer), to bedizen; compare D. (tippen) to clip the points or ends of the hair, English tip (noun).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To deck out; to dress.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    * English intransitive verbs