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adj
Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire, archaic, dialectal
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noun
Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A well-dressed man; a swell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, slang
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Synonyms: macaroni, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
Topics: business, commerce
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noun
Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, countable
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verb
(usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: business, commerce
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: business, commerce
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attractiveness
History
Unknown. See etymology discussion at spiffy.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
