Usually means: Hairstyle with hair swept upwards.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word quiff:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quiff: Merriam-Webster
  3. quiff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quiff, quiff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quiff: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quiff: Vocabulary.com
  7. quiff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. quiff: Wiktionary
  9. quiff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. quiff: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. quiff: Dictionary.com
  12. quiff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Quiff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. quiff: Rhymezone
  15. quiff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. quiff: FreeDictionary.org
  17. quiff: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. quiff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. quiff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quiff: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiff, quiff, quiff, quiff, quiff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Quiff, The Quiff: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.
noun:  (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
noun:  (UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
verb:  (UK) To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.
noun:  (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
noun:  (slang) The vulva or vagina.

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