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spiffed en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (slang) Intoxicated.
   • “He said you got a little spiffed together.” “Love that George,” she said. “I'm getting a little spiffed again. 1953, Jonathan Craig, Red-headed Sinners, page 54:
   • She got spiffed at the preview dinner and told some people...she said I was HIV positive, that I was one of those Typhoid Marys who looked perfectly healthy but was the kiss of death. 2012, Donna Huston Murray, Final Arrangements, page 12:
   • He said to me: "Ed Hickey is a little spiffed this evening, or could I be mistaken?" 1974, Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown, page 130:
2. Neat, attractive, in good condition; spiffed up.
   • Hunt Wilford again at his peak, years past on the run, and Clyde Bowles happy for once at the prom, all spiffed in his dinner jacket, beaming hope. 1991, Reynolds Price, Foreseeable Future, page 252:
   • But now, when we drove down to the harbor where the open sky and sea awaited us in the pale early morning sunlight—there she was, our dream boat, all spiffed, ready and waiting to take us wherever we wanted to go. 2008, C.A. Belmond, A Rather Curious Engagement, page 222:
3. Having an associated spiff for selling.
   • In short, what $ 35,000-a-year sales person with an apartment and a car payment let alone a mortgage and a family can avoid pushing a "spiffed" item that translates into a colder, harder cash commission ? 1999, National Golf Foundation, The Retail Side of Golf: Trends and Techniques, page 47:
   • “Found that spiffed overcoat, have you?” Sanders said, chuckling. “Well, the man that sells it ought to have fifty dollars.” 1905, Wilbur D. Nesbit, “The spiffed overcoat”, in American Illustrated Magazine, page 530:

Forms

spiffed en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of spiff
   form of spiff