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spiff (encz) | spiff, n: |
spiff (wn) | spiff
n 1: attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner; "he gets
by largely on pure spiff" |
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spiff up (encz) | spiff up, v: |
spiffed up (encz) | spiffed up, adj: |
spiffing (encz) | spiffing, adj: |
spiffy (encz) | spiffy,nablejskaný adj: [hovor.] [amer.] Jakub Kalousek |
dressed-up dressed to the ninespredicate dressed to killpredicate dolled up spruced up spiffed up (gcide) | clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
[WordNet 1.5] |
spiff up (wn) | spiff up
v 1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for
Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce,
titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, {spiff
up}] |
spiffed up (wn) | spiffed up
adj 1: dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p),
dressed-up, dressed to the nines(p), {dressed to
kill(p)}, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up,
togged up] |
spiffing (wn) | spiffing
adj 1: excellent or splendid; "that's a perfectly spiffing idea" |
spiffy (wn) | spiffy
adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce] |
spiffy (foldoc) | spiffy
/spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the
spiffy X version of empire yet?" This was common
mainstream slang during the 1940s.
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.
[Jargon File]
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spiffy (jargon) | 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.
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