piff
See also: Piff
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪf
Etymology 1
editInterjection
editpiff
Etymology 2
editVerb
editpiff (third-person singular simple present piffs, present participle piffing, simple past and past participle piffed)
- (Australia, South Australian and Victorian) To throw something vigorously.
Etymology 3
editNoun
editpiff (uncountable)
- (slang) Piffle; nonsense; rubbish.
- 1924, William Pett Ridge, Leaps and Bounds, page 105:
- "You're talking piff."
- 1947, Robert Briffault, New Life of Mr. Martin, page 203:
- They say all men have weird notions. People saying he's a rake and all that. Lot of piff.
Etymology 4
editUnknown. Perhaps a variant of puff suggestive of a blown kiss; or perhaps a shortening of epiphany.
Adjective
editpiff (comparative more piff, superlative most piff)
- (UK, slang) good or attractive.
- You look quite piff today.
Yola
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English puf, from Old English pyf.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpiff
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62
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