tift

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tift (plural tifts)

  1. (dated) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
    • 1818, Blackwood's Magazine:
      After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.

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