tiff
noun
a slight or petty quarrel.
tiffs
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present tense formof tiff (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She said this attitude can elevate minor tiffs on social media into real life fights on campus.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
The regular tiffs between Mr. Sunak’s predecessor, Boris Johnson, and European leaders like President Emmanuel Macron of France played better in England than they did in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
“I know he gets in tiffs with people or don’t like him from the other side. He’s just competing and he loves competing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
In Vermont, tension over what the virus has done to daily life is revealed in Josh Manheimer’s house as repeated tiffs over the dinner dishes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020
We never laid a hand on each other again, and even though we’d get into plenty of verbal clashes, our tiffs tended to end the way our fistfight had, with us cracking up.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
