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
Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Since his inauguration nine days ago, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, gotten into tiffs with Colombia and other countries and implemented a shock-and-awe approach to immigration enforcement.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
But several of those involved in the incident said later in a University of Georgia alumni newsletter that they were motivated more by a tiff between Pattison and the university community, reflected in the campus newspaper, The Red & Black.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Castle Pines responded by asking Crews for the injunction and complained that the Brinkerhoff tiff was distracting the club from its PGA BMW Championship in late August.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
At the House Republicans' annual policy retreat in Doral, Florida, Trump addressed the tiff, defending his decision to use military aircraft to send back the migrants.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Since his inauguration nine days ago, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, gotten into tiffs with Colombia and other countries and implemented a shock-and-awe approach to immigration enforcement.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
But several of those involved in the incident said later in a University of Georgia alumni newsletter that they were motivated more by a tiff between Pattison and the university community, reflected in the campus newspaper, The Red & Black.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Castle Pines responded by asking Crews for the injunction and complained that the Brinkerhoff tiff was distracting the club from its PGA BMW Championship in late August.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiff
Noun
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The basketball star has a reputation for being able to silence media noise in the most crucial moments, but the family element of this quarrel seems to have hit a little too close to home this time.—
Christian Orozco,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Carter’s eleventh-hour time line seems to be wrong, but the matter won’t be settled by these quarrels.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Force an impatient couple to bicker in Route 23 traffic.—
Tyler Buchanan,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Somehow McKay keeps the movie spinning even after Dale and Brennan stop bickering and start sticking together: Adam Scott, as Brennan’s snobby, overachieving brother, makes a terrific common enemy.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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The two then had an altercation, during which one of the children was knocked over and Villalobos fled, according to authorities.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Although officially estranged, the couple were still living together with their three sons under the age of 11 at the time of the July 16, 2023, altercation outside their house.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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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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In a press conference Friday, Atlanta Police Department homicide commander Lt. Andrew Smith said that officers responded to a dispute with a weapon Friday, which was Young Scooter's 39th birthday.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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Representation has occurred in litigation, intellectual property negotiations, labor and employment disputes, mergers and acquisitions, stadium financing deals and assorted other matters.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Earlier in the day, President Trump rejected reports that advisor Elon Musk would be briefed on how the U.S. would fight a hypothetical war with China.—
Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Among the federal lawsuits fighting to continue the program, a hearing is scheduled Monday in federal court in northern California on a motion to speed up the sharing of evidence.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The controversy and the film’s box-office success nevertheless sparked interest from Western distributors.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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While controversy immediately arose over whether the administration had defied a court order to stop the deportation flights, the more important question will soon demand an answer: whether the Alien Enemies Act applies at all.—
Robert J. Delahunty,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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Current Social Science Research Approaches Are Limited For decades, Lahlou argues, the social sciences and their applications in fields as diverse as marketing and industrial psychology have focused primarily on individual psychology and interpersonal dynamics.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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However, Students for Justice in Palestine argue the event threatens students’ emotional and physical safety, and is in violation of the school’s neutrality policies.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Tiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiff. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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