Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See paff.
Examples
“Linux Systems Administrator (RedHat, SuSe, Fedora, Debian), Oxford Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary”
“Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary”
“Mobile Applications Developer / Embedded Software Developer Up to 35K Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary”
“Ayala Adopts Shared Services to Manage Human Resources and Payroll Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary”
“Mobile WiMAX Assessment in Sub-Urban Area to Support TV Broadcasting Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary”
“Next, peel the oranges, removing as much white piff as you can.”
“I pay a bazoodle for the electronic version of a title, but when the subscription runs out, my copy evaporates -- piff!”
“As I marched up the acclivity, whiz — piff — whir! came the balls over my head; and pitter-patter, pitter-patter! they fell on the body of the elephant like drops of rain.”
“A little snafu resulted in my comment going *piff!”
“After all the piff-paff about trying to find an actor to play James Bond, finding a Bond Girl was supposed to be a cinch.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘piff’.
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
good ones
grumble, fumble, bumble, stumble, crumble, mumble, jumble, humble, bramble, scramble, amble, ramble and 191 more...
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Finnegan
...from swerve of shore to bend of bay,...all's fair in vannesy...and in Finnegans Wake.
Other terms used or coined by Joyce may be found at inkhorn's list Joycean Vocab.riverrun, wielderfight, vannesy, arclight, ringsome, tumptytumtoes, sinduced, neatlight, baubletop, troublant, nabir, wabsanti and 765 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Strine
Australianisms & other Oz-related vocabulamary.
budgie smugglers, arvo, dingo's breakfast, prang, banana bender, bingle, white pointer, u.s., reg grundies, larrikin, jumbuck, cobber and 122 more...
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iamtheoxymoron's list of extraordinar...
Marvelous words that appeal to the mind of an crazy teenager!
oxymoron, hippopotomonstros..., bludgeon, magic, anarchy, pneumonoultramicr..., anime, manga, music, agelast, aeolist, brontide and 11 more...
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Contest: Match the Onomatopoeia
Match Bill Waterson's onomatopoeia to the action being described.
ploonk, nmph, gruntch, splopp blipp bloo..., wonnkk, kapowww, thpwipbth, thbbtpthbb, whoonk, greep gork, wum wum wum, ohh hahh ohh hahh and 8 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for piff.
madmouth can one piff up (ie. chunder)? Jun 1, 2009
bilby Australian slang - to throw. Possibly known in New Zealand as well. May 31, 2009
skipvia A sled hitting a snow drift. From Calvin and Hobbes. See Match the Onomatopoeia. Dec 17, 2007