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Quiff

//kwɪf// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. British, dialectal
  2. 2
    A trick or ploy; a stratagem. regional, slang

    "It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir."

  3. 3
    A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. UK

    "His woolly brown hair shaped into a drooping quiff, he's been sitting poolside all morning, snatching sucks on cigarettes before the waiters can tell him no, and thinking about reworking some incidental music for the band's gig tomorrow."

  4. 4
    A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. slang

    "How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?"

  5. 5
    a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead) wordnet
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  1. 6
    The vulva or vagina. slang

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To arrange (the hair) in such a manner. UK

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant form of whiff.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Etymology 3

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif.

Etymology 4

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif.

Etymology 5

Probably variant of coif (“vulva”).

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