chiff
chiff noun: the characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
Noun
chiff (plural chiffs)
- The characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
- In all these adjustments, the voicer must have regard to the steady sound of the pipe, to its promptness of speech, and to the presence or absence of any desired starting transient or chiff.1998, N.H. Fletcher, T.D Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, Springer Science & Business Media, page 570
Forms of chiff
| plural | chiffs |
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Origin of chiff
Onomatopoeic.
Words formed from chiff
- chiffy
Words that rhyme with chiff
Questions about chiff
- What does chiff mean?
- Chiff means the characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
- What part of speech is chiff?
- Chiff is a noun.
- What is the plural of chiff?
- The plural of chiff is chiffs.
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