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piff

piff interjection: an exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.

Interjection

  1. An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.

Verb

piff (third-person singular simple present piffs, present participle piffing, simple past and past participle piffed)

  1. (Australia, South Australian and Victorian) To throw something vigorously.

Noun

piff (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Piffle; nonsense; rubbish.
    • "You're talking piff."1924, William Pett Ridge, Leaps and Bounds, page 105
    • They say all men have weird notions. People saying he's a rake and all that. Lot of piff.1947, Robert Briffault, New Life of Mr. Martin, page 203

Adjective

piff (comparative more piff, superlative most piff)

  1. (UK, slang) good or attractive.
    • You look quite piff today.
    • Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid

Forms of piff

Verb
third-person singular presentpiffs
present participlepiffing
past participlepiffed
pastpiffed
Adjective
comparativemore piff
superlativemost piff

Origin of piff

Onomatopoeic

Clipping of piffle.

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of puff suggestive of a blown kiss; or perhaps a shortening of epiphany.

Words that rhyme with piff

28 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about piff

What does piff mean?
Piff means an exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.
What part of speech is piff?
Piff can be an interjection, a verb, a noun or an adjective.

Words near piff in the dictionary

  1. pifarnine
  2. PIFC
  3. PIFCs
  4. Pifer
  5. Pifers
  6. piff
  7. Piffard
  8. Piffards
  9. piffed
  10. Piffer
  11. pifferari

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