tiffs 1 of 2

plural of tiff

tiffs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tiff

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiffs
Noun
  • The citations and altercations came to a head on June 2, Daniels said, when Del Toro called Lee’s Summit police to break up a last-day-of-school barbecue that Daniels was hosting for some other families.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The omission was wrong — whether or not it was related to those altercations — as was the employee’s failure to understand that this is not a business occasion.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The pope, played by Samora la Perdida, is a mincing oaf who bickers with Galas about the value of translating Wagner.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bedtime conversations, small disagreements at the dinner table, or how respect is shown within the family all provide practice in empathy and fairness.
    Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As Shetty noted during the podcast, Rowling also implied in a March 2025 X post that her disagreements with Watson and Radcliffe have negatively impacted her impression of the Potter films.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Local spats could now feed into a mass movement that spread far beyond individual disputes between a peasant and a particularly nasty abbot or lord.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • India also has border disputes with China, whose foreign ministers recently met in New Delhi for talks.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From basic enemy encounters and big boss fights to simply navigating its world and figuring out where to go next, it’s almost abrasively dedicated to testing the player’s patience.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The one who fights brain fog and exhaustion all day?
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, lovers’ quarrels or difficulty dealing with children (hissy fits or meltdowns) might occur.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Fraternal security Gulf states have had significant internal quarrels over the years but remain bound by mutual defense treaties signed decades ago.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Owens argues the name change is currently cosmetic and is just costing a lot of money to change some signs.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Beginning October 12, 2025, the 29 nations of the European Schengen Area will start phasing out the stamping of travel documents and instead will switch to a new digital Entry/Exit System (EES), which the European Union argues will accelerate border-control processes and improve security.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This week’s Club Sportico looks at a football legend with a long list of personal and professional controversies.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Officiating controversies were a theme that day, especially on Philadelphia’s short-yardage plays.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Tiffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiffs. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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