a quarrel about petty points
Used in a Sentence
tiff
How to use tiff in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for tiff.
Editorial note
There's been a tiff over that for the last decade or so.
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Definitions1
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Quick take
a quarrel about petty points
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tiff gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tiff.
noun
a quarrel about petty points
See also: bicker, bickering, spat, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
Example sentences
There's been a tiff over that for the last decade or so.
He's not talking about holding up a scanner to your screen, scanning it, then OCR'ing a big tiff.
It was basically a scanner hooked up to a Mac that would send the resulting tiff files over FTP.
This is why photographers may shoot in RAW, but output to jpeg or tiff and why HD video is edited in 145Mbit/s, but delivered on blu-ray in 40 Mbit/s.
The following tiff and yelling about academic misconduct was pretty funny.
There's always the delightful possibility that your country and the US get into a tiff, or a competitor country is smart enough to reverse-engineer it, and suddenly your very expensive air force stops working.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tiff in a sentence?
There's been a tiff over that for the last decade or so.
What does tiff mean?
a quarrel about petty points
What part of speech is tiff?
tiff is commonly used as noun.