- biff
- noun Etymology: probably imitative Date: circa 1887 whack, blow • biff transitive verb
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Biff — is a mail notification system for UNIX. Usage When a new mail message is delivered, biff alerts the recipient so he can read it immediately. The alert is sent to the tty where the recipient is logged in, and contains the Subject , From line, and… … Wikipedia
biff — [ bıf ] verb transitive BRITISH INFORMAL to hit someone in a rough way with your FIST (=closed hand) ╾ biff noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
biff — (v.) to hit, 1877, imitative (as a sound effect, from 1847). Related: Biffed; biffing. As a noun, attested from 1881 … Etymology dictionary
biff — informal ► VERB ▪ strike roughly with the fist. ► NOUN ▪ a sharp blow with the fist. ORIGIN probably imitative … English terms dictionary
biff — ☆ biff [bif ] n. [prob. echoic] [Old Slang] a blow; strike; hit vt. [Old Slang] to strike; hit … English World dictionary
BIFF — This article is about the Usenet pseudonym. For the Berlin International Film Festival, see that article. For other meanings, see Biff (disambiguation). BIFF, later sometimes B1FF, was the most famous pseudonym on, and the prototypical newbie of … Wikipedia
biff — UK [bɪf] / US verb [transitive] Word forms biff : present tense I/you/we/they biff he/she/it biffs present participle biffing past tense biffed past participle biffed British informal to hit someone in a rough way with your fist (= closed hand)… … English dictionary
BIFF — Die Abkürzung BIFF steht für: Binary Interchange File Format, das von Microsoft Excel eingesetzte Dateiformat, z. B. BIFF12 für Excel 2007 allgemein für verschiedene International oder Independent Filmfestivals, siehe dort Biff oder biff… … Deutsch Wikipedia
biff — I Australian Slang blow; punch; to punch; fighting: a bit of biff II Canadian Slang traitor, backstabber. See buddy fucker. (also for those members of the CF hailing from cape breton means to throw something or biff it) … English dialects glossary
biff — biff1 [bıf] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from the sound of hitting] 1.) [T] old fashioned informal to hit someone hard with your ↑fist = ↑thump ▪ He biffed me on the nose. 2.) [i]informal to fall or hit something when riding a bicycle, ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
biff — /bɪf/ (say bif) Colloquial –noun 1. a blow; punch. 2. a fight. –verb (t) 3. to punch. –verb (i) 4. to fight. –phrase 5. biff and bang, rough behaviour, especially in football, involving pushing and hitting. 6. go the biff, to fight with the fists …
