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  • verb Present participle of miff.

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Examples

  • Scott Brown "miffing" Tea Party because he vote yes on extending unemployment benefits?

    The Teaser 2010

  • Border Patrol enforcement practices common on the southern border, such as highway checkpoints, were implemented, miffing residents on the Olympic Peninsula, the area's congressman and local authorities.

    'Twilight' town death sparks Border Patrol debate 2011

  • Border Patrol enforcement practices common on the southern border, such as highway checkpoints, were implemented, miffing residents on the Olympic Peninsula, the area's congressman and local authorities.

    'Twilight' town death sparks Border Patrol debate 2011

  • It has been miffing people since the dawn of time.

    From the BSNYC Culture Desk: Nerds and Bikes BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Who did a three-year-lease-and-share-of-prize-money deal with Gillon, thus miffing John Paul Jones, who had recently arrived fully expecting to take command of the ship himself.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Who did a three-year-lease-and-share-of-prize-money deal with Gillon, thus miffing John Paul Jones, who had recently arrived fully expecting to take command of the ship himself.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • I was catching a taxi in no-man's land -- which is always a dangerous thing to do, even without miffing a powerful conglomeration.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2005

  • Fig.: "The miffing feast" (Vestalia), mural from Pompeji

    7. Profiles 1986

  • We shan't be any nearer if we give mamma an opportunity of miffing away somewhere when we come.

    Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878

  • Jeter skipped on the game in the aftermath of reaching 3,000 career hits, miffing MLB officials.

    chron.com Chronicle Steve Campbell 2011

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