"piff" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more piff [comparative], most piff [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a variant of puff suggestive of a blown kiss; or perhaps a shortening of epiphany. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj}} piff (comparative more piff, superlative most piff)
  1. (UK, slang) good or attractive. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-piff-en-adj-Y6AePmw9 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Interjection

Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic
  1. An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.
    Sense id: en-piff-en-intj-ckqRnqRp Categories (other): English onomatopoeias
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: Clipping of piffle Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|piffle}} Clipping of piffle Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} piff (uncountable)
  1. (slang) Piffle; nonsense; rubbish. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piff-en-noun-JYaIbdxE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: piffs [present, singular, third-person], piffing [participle, present], piffed [participle, past], piffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪf Head templates: {{en-verb}} piff (third-person singular simple present piffs, present participle piffing, simple past and past participle piffed)
  1. (Australia, South Australian and Victorian) To throw something vigorously. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-piff-en-verb-2vYLYKWR Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 11 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 16 17 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 12 12 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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