urn. 1. a large or decorative vase, esp. one with an ornamental foot or pedestal. 2. a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead. 3. a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in quantity. 4. the spore-bearing part of the capsule of a moss, between lid and seta.. a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead. 3. a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in quantity. 4. the spore-bearing part of the capsule of a moss, between lid and seta.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Jif. Jif is a brand of peanut butter made by The J.M. Smucker Company, which purchased the brand from Procter & Gamble in 2001. The original Creamy and Crunchy style Jif peanut butters both debuted in 1958.
Graphics Interchange Format. GIFs are image files that are compressed to reduce transfer time. The proper pronounciation of the acronym is a soft g sound: like JIF. The creators of the format, Bob Berry & Steve Wilhite, claim that this soft g sound is used. At some point one of them said, Choosy programmers choose GIF, a play on the peanut butter commercials where Choosy moms choose Jif..