piff

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪf === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic ==== Interjection ==== piff An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== piff (third-person singular simple present piffs, present participle piffing, simple past and past participle piffed) (Australia, South Australian and Victorian) To throw something vigorously. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of piffle. ==== Noun ==== piff (uncountable) (slang) Piffle; nonsense; rubbish. === Etymology 4 === Unknown. Perhaps a variant of puff suggestive of a blown kiss; or perhaps a shortening of epiphany. ==== Adjective ==== piff (comparative more piff, superlative most piff) (UK, slang) good or attractive. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English puf, from Old English pyf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɪf/ === Noun === piff A small puff of wind, as with the mouth. === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62