quiff

Meanings

Noun

• A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.
• A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
• A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
• A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
• The vulva or vagina.

Verb

• To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.

Origin

• Variant form of whiff.
• Origin unknown.
• Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif.
• Probably variant of coif.