tiffin /ˈtɪf.ɪn/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •(UK, India) A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon.He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school. •A cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits, sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate. •(UK, India) A box or container used to carry a tiffin. verb1 •(UK, India) To eat a (light) midday meal or snack.Do you know that he tiffins with her three times a week, and every night, after leaving here, he finishes the evening in her society, sitting in the veranda and smoking cigarettes till all hours. — 1884 formstiffined · tiffining · tiffins