tift

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noun

A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.

OriginNorwegian teft →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

tift1

nountift (plural tifts)

plural tifts

  1. datedA fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.

    After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.

    1818, Blackwood's Magazine
verbtift (third-person singular simple present tifts, present participle tifting, simple past and past participle tifted)

present singular third person tifts · participle present tifting · participle past tifted · past tifted

  1. obsoleteTo tiff, argue

Tift2

proper nounTift (plural Tifts)

plural Tifts

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spatsquabbletiffwrangle

Origin

  1. Norwegianteft“a scent”
  2. Englishtift

Compare Norwegian teft (“a scent”). See tiff (“noun”).

More words from Norwegian

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fitt
Cite this entry
APA

tift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tift

MLA

“tift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tift. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tift,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tift.

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