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tiffy

tiffy adjective: easily offended; apt to be annoyed.

Adjective

tiffy (comparative more tiffy, superlative most tiffy)

  1. (informal) Easily offended; apt to be annoyed.

Proper noun capitalized: Tiffy

Tiffy

  1. (diminutive) Diminutive of the female given name Tiffany

Noun capitalized: Tiffy

Tiffy (plural Tiffies)

  1. (UK, RAF slang) A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft.
  2. (South Africa, SADF slang) A military mechanic.

Forms of tiffy

Adjective
comparativemore tiffy
superlativemost tiffy
Noun
pluralTiffies

Origin of tiffy

From tiff + -y.

Questions about tiffy

What does tiffy mean?
Tiffy means easily offended; apt to be annoyed.
What part of speech is tiffy?
Tiffy can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near tiffy in the dictionary

  1. tiffoon
  2. tiffoons
  3. tiffs
  4. Tifft
  5. Tiffts
  6. tiffy
  7. Tifinagh
  8. Tiflis
  9. tiflorex
  10. tifluadom
  11. tiflucarbine

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