ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Quiff

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /kwɪf/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Quiff is a noun meaning (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.

Meaning

(British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.

More Meanings

  1. (UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
  2. (UK) To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.
  3. (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
  4. (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
  5. (slang) The vulva or vagina.

Example Sentences

It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.
A bottle of Rio and some chicken and chips / In my fuck-me-up pumps and my Winehouse quiff
How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?
As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whiff, whiffet, chuff, fuff, whiffle, whuff.

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