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tift

tift noun: a fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.

Noun

tift (plural tifts)

  1. (dated) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
    • After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.1818, Blackwood's Magazine

Verb

tift (third-person singular simple present tifts, present participle tifting, simple past and past participle tifted)

  1. (obsolete) To tiff, argue

Proper noun capitalized: Tift

Tift (plural Tifts)

  1. A surname.

Forms of tift

Noun
pluraltifts
Verb
third-person singular presenttifts
present participletifting
past participletifted
pasttifted
Proper noun
pluralTifts

Origin of tift

Compare Norwegian teft (“a scent”). See tiff (“noun”).

Words formed from tift

Questions about tift

What does tift mean?
Tift means a fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
What part of speech is tift?
Tift can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tift?
The plural of tift is tifts.

Words near tift in the dictionary

  1. tifoons
  2. tifos
  3. tifosi
  4. tifoso
  5. tifs
  6. tift
  7. Tift County
  8. Tifton
  9. tifts
  10. TIFU
  11. tifurac

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