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niff-naff

niff-naff noun: something or someone insignificant; a trifle.

Noun

niff-naff (plural niff-naffs)

  1. Something or someone insignificant; a trifle.
    • When it came to Mr. Turnbull, he held it up between him and the light, "Keatie, whaten a niff-naff of a glass is this? let us see a feasible ane."1869, Thomas Thomson, Tales and sketches, page 322
    • "They appear, friend," I reply, unhelpfully and without irony, as if any niff-naff who owns a megayacht with a decent liquor cabinet would know such a thing, "rather like the color of absinthe."2006, Ski, volume 71, number 3, page 175

Forms of niff-naff

pluralniff-naffs

Words formed from niff-naff

Questions about niff-naff

What does niff-naff mean?
Niff-naff means something or someone insignificant; a trifle.
What part of speech is niff-naff?
Niff-naff is a noun.
What is the plural of niff-naff?
The plural of niff-naff is niff-naffs.

Words near niff-naff in the dictionary

  1. nifedipines
  2. nifekalant
  3. nifenalol
  4. nifenazone
  5. niff
  6. niff-naff
  7. niff-naffs
  8. niff-naffy
  9. niffed
  10. niffer
  11. niffered

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