CEFR A2

tiffy

noun

Meaning

tiffy means (UK, RAF slang) A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses tiffy to mean (UK, RAF slang) A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft.
The teacher asked students to find tiffy in the reading.

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tiffy (A2)

noun

Definition

tiffy means (UK, RAF slang) A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses tiffy to mean (UK, RAF slang) A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft.
The teacher asked students to find tiffy in the reading.

How to Use tiffy

a/the tiffy (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a tiffy."
tiffy in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked tiffy in context before translating it."

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