nifty
/ˈnɪfti/
nifty adjective: good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
Adjective
nifty (comparative niftier, superlative niftiest)
- Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
- a nifty trick for reducing your household energy bill
- The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript,^([sic]) it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible...2020 January 22, Lewin Day, “Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making”, in Hackaday
- Stylish.
- nifty gear
- You look nifty in that jacket.
Noun
nifty (plural nifties)
- A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.
- New subscribers are the life of our party (any advertiser will tell you that) just as the regular reader of CLIPPINGS becomes the life of any party (and why not with such a supply of “nifties” and bon mots).1929, Air Wonder Stories
- Because some of the stories that the Sultana told are nifties, the plays are sometimes edited. This facilitates production and eliminates a lot of questions from the kids when they get home.1950 April 8, Billboard, page 146
- A trick.
- […] Winfield Sheehan had pulled a nifty on the wise guys of Hollywood and the film colony in Southern California when he disappeared for a week with a print of Sunrise, the Murnau picture recently completed.2005, Film History, volume 17, page 195
nifty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nifty in Hindi
- निफ्टी, निफटी, निफ़्टी
nifty in Tamil
- நவநாகரிகமான
nifty in Marathi
- निफ्टी, निफटी
nifty in Urdu
- بانکا, چلتا پرزہ, کائیاں, کھرا, پھرتیلا
More languagesFewer languages
- nifty in Bengali
- কেতাদুরস্ত, ফিটফাট, ছিমছাম, দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত
- nifty in Telugu
- నిఫ్టి, నిఫ్టీ
- nifty in Malayalam
- കുശലം, നിപുണം, വിദഗ്ദ്ധമായ, കുശലമായ
- nifty in Kannada
- ಅಣಿಯಾದ, ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಾದ, ಸೊಗಸಾದ, ಜಾಣ್ಮೆಯ
- nifty in Punjabi
- ਨਿਫਟੀ
- nifty in Gujarati
- નિફ્ટી, નિફટી
- nifty in Odia
- ନିଫ୍ଟି, ନିଫଟି, ନିଫଟୀ
- nifty in Nepali
- निफ्टी, निफटी, निफ्ती
Examples of nifty in a sentence
- I thought he'd be pleased at my nifty escapery but he wasn't.
- Kugler, who made a nifty pick-up, but threw wild at first, giving the batter a life.
- "Oh, what a nifty idea," Collins said dryly.
Forms of nifty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | niftier |
| superlative | niftiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | nifties |
Origin of nifty
From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Alternatively, perhaps a special use of US regional niffed (“put off, peeved”).
Words formed from nifty
Words that rhyme with nifty
Questions about nifty
- What does nifty mean?
- Nifty means good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
- What is nifty in Hindi?
- Nifty in Hindi is निफ्टी, निफटी, निफ़्टी. See Nifty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nifty?
- Nifty can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nifty?
- Nifty is pronounced /ˈnɪfti/.
Words near nifty in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nifty (page history and authors); nifty (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nifty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nifty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nifty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); nifty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nifty (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nifty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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