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fife

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fife.

Editorial note

My waste water charge here in Fife is quite a bit more than the water charge.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

To play this instrument.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fife gathered in one view.

verb

To play this instrument.

noun

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

noun

A place in the United States:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fife.

verb

To play this instrument.

noun

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

noun

A place in the United States:

noun

A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.

Example sentences

1

My waste water charge here in Fife is quite a bit more than the water charge.

2

It was a mistake to give Barney Fife even the one bullet.

3

The sad thing is that EvilGenius would learn that the authorities are bumbling fools that make Barney Fife look like a model LE agent.

4

Andy Griffith retired long ago, and Barney Fife rose to power.

5

IE, this just says Jobs ran Apple as his personal fife.

6

And I can't help but think of Barney Fife when I think of quiet little Redmond's PD running around in an APC.

7

I walked past there the other day (on the Fife coastal path) and wondered what the shabby building was - I had assumed it was an abandoned light industrial unit.

8

That's a real shame - I think I saw a White Tailed Eagle on a back road in Fife and it was huge - it was sitting at the side of the road and took off just before I got to it.

9

There's an assumption that these homeowners are getting bought out above market, but what's the market rate for a multi-million dollar home next to the perpetual construction and noise of a billionaire's fife, on a street where an increasing number of homes are being bought out and lay vacant?

10

I've also dabbled in a bunch of other instruments - 3 years of clarinet in middle school, enough viola to play and (barely) read music, picked up a fife and tin whistle in Williamsburg, reasonably fluent on bass guitar, and I've been trying to teach myself piano over the past couple years, with only slight success.

Quote examples

1

This administration's op-sec has been consistently "barney fife" levels of incompetence.

2

Futhermore "attachment parenting" is not the antecedent to "helicopter parenting" and certainly does not require constant contact past 1 year of age much less fife.

3

When I see the stereotypical sitcom dad, he keeps fucking up to telegraph to the audience that he's a fuckup, AKA Barney Fife, not to be a morality play "don't do this or this will happen." Barney can't not be a fuckup because that's his identity.

4

"but what's the market rate for a multi-million dollar home next to the perpetual construction and noise of a billionaire's fife" I assume still pretty good, as the expectation is the billionair will rather pay a bit more, than be annoyed by the delay of his plans of grandeur.

Proper noun examples

1

The dad on My Three Sons is near-perfect, he's the opposite of Barney Fife, his identity is that he's an inhuman archetypal father-figure.

2

I've seen loose pit bulls out there before and I've been able to handle the situation without panicking like Barney Fife.

3

An exception can be seen in the lands owned by the Puyallup Tribe along I-5 near Fife, where massive billboards and video screens now flank both sides of the freeway.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fife in a sentence?

My waste water charge here in Fife is quite a bit more than the water charge.

What does fife mean?

To play this instrument.

What part of speech is fife?

fife is commonly used as verb, noun.