spiff

Plural: spiffs

Noun

• attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner
  • "he gets by largely on pure spiff"
• Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• A well-dressed man; a swell.
• A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
• Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”).

Adj

• Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.

Verb

Verb Forms: spiffed, spiffing, spiffs

• To make someone or something look smart or stylish.
• (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
• To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
• To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)

Examples

• He decided to SPIFF up his low-scoring board with a high-value letter play.
• Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.

Synonyms

Jemmy-Jessamy, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, spruce, swell, tippy, toff

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