Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piffer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pif-fer
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Frontier Force Regiment, an infantry regiment of the army of Pakistan.

Slang

Etymology

From PIF + -er, from their earlier name of Punjab Irregular Force.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: PIF

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Piffers (plural)

Questions

What does piffer mean?: A member of the Frontier Force Regiment, an infantry regiment of the army of Pakistan.
Where does piffer come from?: From PIF + -er, from their earlier name of Punjab Irregular Force.

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