What does "spiff" mean?

Answer 1

spiff Audio pronunciation of "spiff" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spf) Informal
tr.v. spiffed, spiff·ing, spiffs

To make attractive, stylish, or up-to-date: spiffed up the the old storefront.


n.

Attractiveness or charm in appearance, dress, or manners: “He may need more than spiff to get him through the bad patches ahead” (James Wolcott).

Thesaurus:

Main Entry: dapper
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: well-groomed
Synonyms: active, bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy*, jaunty, natty, neat, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out
Antonyms: disheveled, dowdy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, unstylish, untidy
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1)

Answer 2

What Does Spiff Mean

Answer 3

The previous reponse is correct. You will hear it used these days mostly with "up."

We need to spiff it up.
It's a spiffed up version of an old model.

Answer 4

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What does "spiff" mean?

Answer 5

What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul

Answer 6

as in spiffy.To make attractive, stylish, or up-to-date: spiffed up the the old storefront.

Attractiveness or charm in appearance, dress, or manners: “He may need more than spiff to get him through the bad patches ahead” (James Wolcott).

Answer 7

I've heard of the term spiffy and I believe it's taken to mean something polished, smart and up to the mark.