Noun: tiff tif
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A quarrel about petty points
"The couple had a tiff over whose turn it was to do the dishes";
- bicker, bickering, spat [informal], squabble, pettifoggery, fuss, brannigan [US, informal]
Derived forms: tiffs
Type of: barney [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], ding-dong [Brit, informal], dustup [informal], dust-up, quarrel, row[2], run-in [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], words, wrangle
Encyclopedia: Tiff, Missouri