quiff
pronunciation
How to pronounce quiff in British English:
UK [kwɪf]
How to pronounce quiff in American English:
US [kwɪf]
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- Noun:
- a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
Word Origin
- quiff (n.)
- "curl or lock of hair over the forehead," 1890, originally a style among soldiers, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with quiff "a puff or whiff of tobacco smoke" (1831, originally Southern U.S.), held to be a variant of whiff (n.).