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Definitions of tiff
  1. noun
    a quarrel about petty points
Definition that contains tiff
  • stay a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
  • answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
  • hair cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
  • card a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
  • card one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
  • ray any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
  • size cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)
  • size any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics
  • jerk jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
  • buck jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
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