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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnɪfti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nifty.wav Forms: niftier [comparative], niftiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪfti Etymology: From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Etymology templates: {{af|en||-y|alt1=*nift|id2=adjectival}} *nift + -y, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} nifty (comparative niftier, superlative niftiest)
  1. (colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial. Tags: colloquial, dated Translations (good, useful): leuk (Dutch), nuttig (Dutch), vlot (Dutch), hegnigur (Faroese), snildur (Faroese), smartur (Faroese), snøggur (Faroese), näppärä (Finnish), chouette [colloquial] (French), toll (German), flott (German), pfiffig (German), geschickt (German), ausgefeilt (German), schlau (German), raffiniert (German), elegant (German), schick (German), hübsch (German), valido (Italian), buono (Italian), whaitake (Maori), whaihua (Maori), flink (Norwegian), hendig (Norwegian), bom (Portuguese), отли́чный (otlíčnyj) (Russian), кла́ссный (klássnyj) (Russian), bueno (Spanish), chulo (Spanish), bonito (Spanish), ingenioso (Spanish), chévere (Spanish), fiffig (Swedish), havalı (Turkish), güzel (Turkish), hoş (Turkish), kullanışlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nifty-en-adj-7MKxe0GZ Disambiguation of 'good, useful': 100 0
  2. (colloquial, somewhat dated) Stylish. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-nifty-en-adj-zAt9CVya
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: niftily, niftiness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɪfti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nifty.wav Forms: nifties [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪfti Etymology: From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Etymology templates: {{af|en||-y|alt1=*nift|id2=adjectival}} *nift + -y, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} nifty (plural nifties)
  1. (colloquial, dated) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-nifty-en-noun-oYMMfVsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 69 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 22 5 66 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 0 80 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 0 55 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 0 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 0 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 26 9 60 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 10 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 0 88 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 12 67 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 0 87 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 9 60 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 18 10 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 8 64 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 0 87 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 9 83 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 9 61 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 9 61 4
  2. (colloquial, dated) A trick. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-nifty-en-noun-3b~9P4yu

Inflected forms

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        "Good, smart; useful or beneficial."
      ],
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          "smart",
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          "useful"
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          "beneficial",
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        "(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "nifty gear",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "You look nifty in that jacket.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 56:",
          "text": "The niftiest, snappiest slacks you ever saw!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stylish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "stylish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, somewhat dated) Stylish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪfti/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfti"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "leuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "nuttig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "vlot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "hegnigur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "snildur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "smartur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "snøggur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "näppärä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "chouette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "toll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "flott"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "pfiffig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "geschickt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "ausgefeilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "schlau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "raffiniert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "elegant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "schick"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "hübsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "valido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "buono"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "whaitake"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "whaihua"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "flink"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "hendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "bom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otlíčnyj",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "отли́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klássnyj",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "кла́ссный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "bueno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "chulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "bonito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "ingenioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "chévere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "fiffig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "havalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "güzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "hoş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good, useful",
      "word": "kullanışlı"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
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    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪfti",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪfti/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
  ],
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      "expansion": "unknown",
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      "form": "nifties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1929, Air Wonder Stories:",
          "text": "New subscribers are the life of our party (any advertiser will tell you that) just as the regular reader of CLIPPINGS becomes the life of any party (and why not with such a supply of “nifties” and bon mots).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 April 8, Billboard, page 146:",
          "text": "Because some of the stories that the Sultana told are nifties, the plays are sometimes edited. This facilitates production and eliminates a lot of questions from the kids when they get home.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Amnon Kabatchnik, Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975, page 580:",
          "text": "“Miss Fletcher knows exactly what she is doing, goes about her business with gratifying swiftness and comes up with a finish worthy of one of Roald Dahl's little nifties,” wrote Douglas Watt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote."
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        [
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          "comic"
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        "(colloquial, dated) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Film History, volume 17, page 195:",
          "text": "[…] Winfield Sheehan had pulled a nifty on the wise guys of Hollywood and the film colony in Southern California when he disappeared for a week with a print of Sunrise, the Murnau picture recently completed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, dated) A trick."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɪfti/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nifty.wav",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfti"
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}

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