Meanings
nounchiff (plural chiffs)
plural chiffs
- entertainmentThe characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
In all these adjustments, the voicer must have regard to the steady sound of the pipe, to its promptness of speech, and to the presence or absence of any desired starting transient or chiff.
1998, N.H. Fletcher, T.D Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, Springer Science & Business Media, page 570
Origin
Onomatopoeic.
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Rhymes with chiff
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