Usually means: Cleverly stylish and very effective.
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  1. nifty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nifty: Merriam-Webster
  3. nifty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nifty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nifty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nifty: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nifty, nifty: Wordnik
  8. nifty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nifty: Wiktionary
  10. nifty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nifty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nifty: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nifty: Dictionary.com
  14. nifty: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nifty: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Nifty (disambiguation), Nifty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. nifty: Rhymezone
  18. nifty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nifty: FreeDictionary.org
  20. nifty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Nifty: The Word Detective
  22. nifty: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nifty: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NIFTY: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nifty, nifty, nifty, nifty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nifty: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Nifty: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. Nifty: 1960's Slang

(Note: See niftier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial.
adjective:  (colloquial, somewhat dated) Stylish.
noun:  (colloquial, dated) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.
noun:  (colloquial, dated) A trick.

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