tiff
pronunciation
How to pronounce tiff in British English:
UK [tɪf]
How to pronounce tiff in American English:
US [tɪf]
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- Noun:
- a quarrel about petty points
Word Origin
- tiff (n.)
- 1727, "outburst of temper," later "petty quarrel" (1754), of uncertain origin; OED suggests imitative, "from the sound of a slight puff of air or gas."
Example
- 1. The tiff exposes two fallacies that come from looking at a globalised industry through national spectacles .
- 2. In any tiff with a smaller country over trade or politics , china tends to enjoy an advantage .
- 3. Japan 's tiff with china over copyright infringement is about to take on ' life-size ' proportions .
- 4. A spokeswoman for the british high commission in new delhi denied that the discussions had reached the level of a tiff .
- 5. The tiff has grown more acrimonious with each iho meeting even as the relationship between the two nations has continued to improve -- as demonstrated by the ubiquitous korean soap operas on japanese tv and the appearance of japanese food on korean tables .