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| stiff [ stif ] |
adjective |
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1. rigid: rigid, inflexible, or hard to move
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2. not supple: painful and not supple
  stiff muscles
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3. severe: very harsh or severe
a stiff punishment
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4. taxing: difficult or demanding
stiff competition
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5. forceful: having force or power
a stiff breeze
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6. strong: strong or potent to the taste or in effect on the body
a stiff drink of black coffee
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7. resolute: showing determination and resolve
stiff resistance
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8. too high: higher than is justified or usual
stiff prices
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9. formal: rigidly formal or distant in manner
a stiff manner
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10. nautical not likely to capsize: describes a ship or boat that is relatively stable in the water
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11. intoxicated: having had too much alcohol to drink
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slang
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adverb |
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1. totally: totally or utterly
bored stiff
scared stiff
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2. in stiff way: in a stiff way or manner
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noun (plural stiffs) |
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1. U.S. person: a person, especially somebody of a particular type
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slang
)
a lucky stiff
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2. U.S. offensive term: an offensive term for somebody regarded as unpleasant or excessively formal
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slang insult
)
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3. U.S. offensive term: an offensive term for a customer who leaves insufficient tips
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slang insult
)
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4. corpse: a dead body
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slang
)
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5. flop: something that is an utter failure
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slang
)
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transitive verb (past and past participle stiffed, present participle stiff·ing, 3rd person present singular stiffs) |
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1. cheat somebody of money: cheat somebody out of money owed
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2. not pay somebody: to fail to pay somebody an amount due or expected
He stiffed me on the tip.
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| [ Old English stīf< Indo-European, "to compress, pack"] |
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| stiff·ish adjective |
| stiff·ly adverb |
| stiff·ness noun |
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