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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spiffy /spi'fee/ adj. 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?" 2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and context. This word was common mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a sense close to 1. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spiffy | 21 |
dollmaker spiffy | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SPIFFY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | стегнат (close-textured, compact, concise, crisp, firm, natty, neat, rakish, sailorly, serried, sinewy, soldierlike, soldierly, spiffing, taut, tidy, tight, tricksy, trig, trim, well groomed), издокаран (in full rig, pansy, spiffing, trig, trim). (various references) | |
Farsi | تمیز(ز.ع.), زیبا (Beauteous, Beautiful, Chic, Cute, Dinky, Handsome, Picturesque, Pulchritudinous, Scrumptious, Stylish, Yummy), عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), خوش منظر (Comely, Scenic, Seemly), باهوش (Bright, Clever, Ingenious, Intelligent, Keen, Precocious, Sagacious, Shrewd, Smart, Spry, Swish, Understanding). (various references) | |
German | schick (chic, chick, dressy, elegant, fancy, modish, modishly, natty, peachiness, peachy, posh, smart, smartly, smartness, sophisticated, style, stylish, tony, trendy). (various references) | |
Greek | κομψόσ (bijou, chic, comely, dainty, dapper, debonair, dressy, elegant, fancy, fine, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, posh, pretty, prim, quaint, rakish, smart, spark plug, sparkish, stylish, trig, trim, well groomed), έξυπνοσ (alert, awake, brainy, cagey, cagy, canny, clever, cute, hard-headed, ingenious, intelligent, knowing, parlous, politic, sharp, sharp-witted, smart). (various references) | |
Hungarian | menő (ace, going, hip, posh, pro, slick, trendy, whiz), jól öltözött (dapper, spiffing), frankó (boss, hunky-dory, slick, up front), baró (slick, sniffy). (various references) | |
Italian | azzimato (dapper, nifty, Spruce, well groomed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iffyspay.(various references) | |
Russian | щегольской (buckish, dandified, swanky). (various references) | |
Thai | สวยงาม (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) | |
Turkish | mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market), çok güzel (adorable, divine, inspired, peachy, slashing, spiffing, superbly, terrific, two thumbs up, very good). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | l m vui mắt diện, bảnh (chic, knowing, sharp, slap-up, tony). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"SPIFFY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: piffy, sifi, skiffy, spif, spify, spliff, spoff, Srifi, stiffy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SPIFFY" (pronounced spi"fē) |
| 3 | -i" f ē | jiffy, iffy, Sniffy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-i-p-s-y" | |
-1 letter: spiff. | |
-2 letters: iffy, yips. | |
-3 letters: iff, ifs, pis, psi, sip, spy, yip. | |
-4 letters: if, is, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-f-i-p-s-y" | |
+2 letters: spiffily. | |
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