as in quarrel
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed
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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
like any couple, they occasionally tiff, but it's never anything serious
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Recent Examples of tiff
Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Controversial fighter jet sparks online tiff between Elon Musk, Arizona congressman Bargaining chip or devastating blow?
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
From Martha Stewart and Ina Garten to Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods, see the celebrity friends who had feuds that lasted decades
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Everything can become more intense with fame — and that can include tiffs that can blow up into full-fledged feuds.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Jackson explained that any in-flight tiffs should be handled by flight attendants as they’re trained to confront passengers about this.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The near-daily tiff in my household is between my two teen daughters and who can get to their favorite Lululemon leggings and belt bag first.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Controversial fighter jet sparks online tiff between Elon Musk, Arizona congressman Bargaining chip or devastating blow?
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
From Martha Stewart and Ina Garten to Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods, see the celebrity friends who had feuds that lasted decades
Comments
Everything can become more intense with fame — and that can include tiffs that can blow up into full-fledged feuds.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Jackson explained that any in-flight tiffs should be handled by flight attendants as they’re trained to confront passengers about this.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiff
Noun
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The House has been thrust into a political quarrel after voters elected 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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For the 34th time in two years cops have been called by frightened neighbors or Hollis herself to quell the volcanic quarrels inside Peppermill Apartments unit B-312.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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The latest fracas between bickering foes India and Pakistan has finally ended after a resolution was resolved following months of warring almost jeopardized the upcoming Champions Trophy.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Video shown in court in November showed a group of men, two of whom officials identified as Rocky and Ephron, involved in a verbal altercation, according to The Associated Press.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
19 Jan. 2025
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Zarka was accused of fatally stabbing Garrity to death after the two engaged in a physical altercation.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
Noun
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While In Office By Zoltan Istvan Author 0 Today, there are developers around the world working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can autonomously do millions of useful things, like book airline tickets, dispute credit card charges, and even trade crypto.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Former San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott announced last month that San Diego and SeaWorld, following a nearly three-year-long rent dispute, had finally reached a settlement.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang has confirmed the deployment of troops from North Korea to fight Ukrainian forces.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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With fire-fueling winds returning to the region and workers fighting to contain the firestorm, Aiko is holding space for healing, sending a team of masseuses to a first responders base for sessions of temporary relief.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2025
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Now, Corbet has weighed in on the controversy himself in a statement to Deadline.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2025
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Their belief in that, and a conservative media buoying his message, helped insulate him from the kind of consequences that have sunk most other politicians following controversy and misdeeds.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Houston Fire Department was called and were on the way to the scene to assist the mother while the brothers argued again, this time each accusing the other of causing their mom to faint.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2025
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Those years of tinkering on wider use cases, Lin argued, have now paid off as Clay’s software is more technically robust and capable of handling new AI features than a new entrant would.—
Alex Konrad,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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