tiff

noun \ ˈtif \

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

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Definition of tiff

: a petty quarrel

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Examples of tiff in a Sentence

got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed

Recent Examples of tiff from the Web

So roughly this $13 billion trade tiff is full on between the U.S. and Canada.

— Fox News, "Ari Fleischer: Trump wanted a trade war, he's getting one," 3 July 2018
What Wall Street is worried about now: Escalation of trade tiffThere appears to be no signs of either side in the trade dispute giving in.

— adam shell, USA TODAY, "Dow dives as trade war angst boosts investor anxiety over growth, earnings," 25 June 2018
On June 4th, by a vote of 7-2, an unusual array of justices dispatched just such a tiff without providing much guidance for similar conflicts brewing in the lower courts.

— The Economist, "The Supreme Court’s artful dodge over gay wedding cakes," 5 June 2018
In a response that smacked of petty political opportunism, Trump disinvited the team, and in doing so, portrayed the tiff as a referendum on the national anthem, a centuries-old song whose lyrics many Americans don’t even know.

— solomon jones, Philly.com, "Dear President Trump, leave the Eagles and their long-suffering fans out of your political theater | Solomon Jones," 5 June 2018
Or Tesla, a veteran of ugly tiffs with American road safety officials over the safety of its Autopilot feature.

— aarian marshall, WIRED, "This Week in the Future of Cars: Who's In Charge Here, Anyway?," 18 May 2018
When the Orlando Sentinel first reported the condo-association tiff over the dog in December, readers and pet groups from around the country called the newspaper with offers to give Brady places to live or dog-training assistance.

— mary shanklin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando veteran to serve on condo board trying to take his dog," 23 Mar. 2018
The composer, then in his late 20s, was evidently pleased with it, to judge from his tiff with the composer-conductor Vincent d’Indy, who had proposed performing only the first of its three movements.

— james r. oestreich, New York Times, "Review: Odd, Delightful Juxtapositions at the Philharmonic," 27 Apr. 2018
President Donald Trump has slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest aluminium producer, Rusal, intensified a trade tiff with China and tweeted a gibe against OPEC, the oil-producing cartel.

— The Economist, "Donald Trump is sending shockwaves through global commodities markets," 26 Apr. 2018

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