quiff

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] Rhymes: -ɪf === Etymology 1 === Variant form of whiff. ==== Noun ==== quiff (plural quiffs) (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== quiff (plural quiffs) (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem. [from 19th c.] === Etymology 3 === Uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif. ==== Noun ==== quiff (plural quiffs) (UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. [from 19th c.] ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== quiff (third-person singular simple present quiffs, present participle quiffing, simple past and past participle quiffed) (UK) To arrange (the hair) in such a manner. [from 20th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== quiffed === Etymology 4 === Probably variant of coif (“vulva”). ==== Noun ==== quiff (plural quiffs) (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. [from 20th c.] (slang) The vulva or vagina. [from 20th c.] === Further reading === “quiff”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. Eric Partridge (2005), “quiff”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1574.