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Meaning of "tiffing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIFFING

tiffing  [ˈtɪfɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIFFING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tiffing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tiffing in the English dictionary

The definition of tiffing in the dictionary is the act of quarrelling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIFFING


briefing
ˈbriːfɪŋ
buffing
ˈbʌfɪŋ
coughing
ˈkɒfɪŋ
effing
ˈɛfɪŋ
golfing
ˈɡɒlfɪŋ
huffing
ˈhʌfɪŋ
kitesurfing
ˈkaɪtˌsɜːfɪŋ
knifing
ˈnaɪfɪŋ
laughing
ˈlɑːfɪŋ
morphing
ˈmɔːfɪŋ
roofing
ˈruːfɪŋ
rustproofing
ˈrʌstˌpruːfɪŋ
sniffing
ˈsnɪfɪŋ
spiffing
ˈspɪfɪŋ
staffing
ˈstɑːfɪŋ
strafing
ˈstrɑːfɪŋ
stuffing
ˈstʌfɪŋ
surfing
ˈsɜːfɪŋ
waterproofing
ˈwɔːtəpruːfɪŋ
windsurfing
ˈwɪndˌsɜːfɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIFFING

ties
tietac
tiff
Tiffanie
tiffanies
tiffany
Tiffany glass
Tiffany setting
tiffin
Tiflis
tifoso
tig
TIG welding
tige
tiger
Tiger balm
tiger beetle
tiger cat
tiger economy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIFFING

astroturfing
ballot-box stuffing
chuffing
coiffing
couchsurfing
crowd surfing
debriefing
glue-sniffing
huffing and puffing
in the offing
naffing
offing
overstaffing
press briefing
safe surfing
scoffing
soundproofing
spoofing
swoffing
understaffing

Synonyms and antonyms of tiffing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tiffing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIFFING

Find out the translation of tiffing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tiffing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tiffing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tiffing
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiffing
570 millions of speakers

English

tiffing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tiffing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tiffing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tiffing
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tiffing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tiffing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tiffing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiffing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tiffing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tiffing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tiffing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiffing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiffing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tiffing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिफिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tiffing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tiffing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tiffing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tiffing
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tiffing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tiffing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tiffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tiffing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tiffing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tiffing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIFFING»

The term «tiffing» is used very little and occupies the 183.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIFFING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tiffing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIFFING»

Discover the use of tiffing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tiffing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words ...
TIFFIX. sense was a modification of this one, that his "tiffing" was a participial noun from the verb to tiff, and that the Indian tiffin is identical with the participial noun. This has tierhaps some corroboration both from the form "tiffing" used in some ...
Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke, 1903
2
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
As verb = to drink : TIFFING = * eating and drinking out of meal time ' (Grose). Also tiffin (Anglo-Indian)=a meal between breakfast and dinner. 1654. W itts R ecr eat ions. As the conduits ran With claret, at the coronation, So let your channels ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
3
Do it Again, Lord!
Verse 1 1 tells us not only to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but to reprove them. Verse 14 states, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from. From. the. Tuttness. Comes. the. Tiffing. 61 From the Fullness Comes the Filling.
Shelton L. Smith, 2002
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Robinson Crusoe: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures ...
tiffing. to. see. the. place,. I. went. on. shore. with. the. supercargo,. in. the. ship's. boat,. to. divert. myself;. and. towards. evening. was. preparing. to. go. on. board,. when. one. agency distinct from Fort St. George. 1684: In consequence of ...
Daniel Defoe, 1815
5
Killer Carnivores
Tiffing. frf. vn. b»rH. In the breeding season, high-ranking male hyenas get to mate with female hyenas. About sixteen weeks after mating, one to three cubs are born. The cubs are kept safe in dens under the ground. Spotted hyena cubs are ...
Andrew Solway, 2005
6
Advanced Strength of Materials
-Tiffing. shaped. kniIe edge PROBLEM 108. 109. A cylindrical shell with DO constraints has a radial temperature difference AT across the wall thickness, varying linearly across the wall. o. Show that the maximum bending stresses away from ...
J. P. Den Hartog, 2014
7
Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature
cjfiejAeanest. tiffing. iffat. feels: jinffiroQomorQfiizinfl. jinima(s. in. (Rgmanficisnt,. The previous chapter presented Wordsworth's occasional confrontations with nature as pure materiality as a way of de-idealizing the poet. Wordsworth's deep  ...
Onno Oerlemans, 2004
8
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India
After tiffin Close said he should be glad to go.”— Elphinstone, in Life, i. 116. 1814 .—“We found a pool of excellent water, which is scarce on the hills, and laid down to tiff on a full soft bed, made by the grass of last year and this. After tiffing ...
Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher, 2013
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Popular Mechanics
Tiffing. X-^TO/*. ''/'Tic. FIREPLAC. T F you have to go outside to bring in the fireplace wood, you will appreciate the simple log carrier shown in the photograph and in Fig. 1. How it is used is quite apparent from the sketches. If you like to keep a ...
10
British Pomology
Brookes's Catshead Coccagee Costard Cray Pippin Green Tiffing Hargreave's Green Sweet Harvey's Wiltshire Defiance Isleworth Crab Kilkenny Pearmain Xueombe's Pine Marmalade Melrose Monkland Pippin Uelson Codlin 16 BRITISH ...
‎1851

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIFFING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tiffing is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Strathairn represents 'unsung hero' in WWII show
Diplo on is he tiffing with Taylor Swift. “Naaah, we've squashed it.” Chat at a Democratic fund-raiser: “The 19th amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote. «Page Six, Jul 15»
2
Jwala Gutta v Pullela Gopichand: A long-running court-side drama
Ever since they first went head-to-head in 2007 (more on that, later), tiffing in public spats, TV screens have magnified this non-conversation. As national coach ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Chronicles of food and memories!
'Tiffin', derived from 'tiffing', a historical British term for small meals or snacks to accompany a drink, is a staple meal in most Indian households. Like the ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Stories from a Peripatetic Kitchen
Tiffin—the colonial “light midday meal” and postcolonial lunchbox—derived from the English word “tiffing”—was a significant part of the author's childhood. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Karavalli The Gateway Hotel Residency Road Bangalore
It's derived from the obsolete English slang tiffing, for taking a little drink or sip. Today the word mostly refers to a packed lunch, in particular to light lunches ... «Financial Express, Jun 15»
6
Joakim Noah and LeBron James Trash-Talked Each Other, the …
As a matter of fact: if you type “Joakim Noah LeBron” into YouTube, you will find pages and pages of videos of the two arguing/trash-talking/tiffing with each other ... «The Big Lead, Apr 15»
7
Bristol family adopts child in open Torrington ceremony
“They get along,” Frank said about his children, though they, like all siblings, have their moments of youthful tiffing. A party scheduled later in the day—Sonya ... «Torrington Register Citizen, Nov 14»
8
Eastern Iowa state Senate and House races unfold
Senate District 39 includes Keokuk County, much of Washington County and portions of Johnson County, including North Liberty, Tiffing, Swisher and Oxford. «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Nov 14»
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Meet this season's competitors on 'White Collar Brawlers'
Tiffing teammates. Modal Trigger. Photo: Esquire Network. When Pablo de Rosas , 35, and Ethan Mennen, 37, were on the lacrosse team together in college, ... «New York Post, Oct 14»
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6 Lessons In Self-Love For Snooki's And JWOWW's Little Girls
Be it bickering with their beaus or tiffing with each other, these two know ya gotta swallow your pride and own it when you eff up. Saying sorry when it's ... «MTV.com, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tiffing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tiffing>. May 2024 ».
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