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chiffs

chiffs is the plural of chiff.

Meaning of chiff

Noun

chiff (plural chiffs)

  1. 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

Questions about chiffs

What is chiffs the plural of?
Chiffs is the plural of chiff.

Words near chiffs in the dictionary

  1. chiffony
  2. chifforobe
  3. chifforobes
  4. chiffre
  5. chiffres
  6. chiffs
  7. chifir
  8. Chifley
  9. chiflik
  10. chifliks
  11. chifteteli

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