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stiff
[ stif ]
adjective
- rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex:
a stiff collar.
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- not moving or working easily:
The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.
- (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
stiff winds;
The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.
- strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine:
He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.
- resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.
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- stubbornly continued:
a stiff battle.
- firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices.
- rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.
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- lacking ease and grace; awkward:
a stiff style of writing.
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- excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement.
- laborious or difficult, as a task.
- severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand.
- excessive; unusually high or great:
$50 is pretty stiff to pay for that.
- firm from tension; taut:
to keep a stiff rein.
- relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick:
a stiff jelly;
a stiff batter.
- dense or compact; not friable:
stiff soil.
- Nautical. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable ( crank 2 ).
- Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built.
- Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate.
noun
- Slang.
- a dead body; corpse.
- a formal or priggish person.
- a poor tipper; tightwad.
- a drunk.
- Slang.
- a fellow:
lucky stiff; poor stiff.
- a tramp; hobo.
- a laborer.
- Slang.
- a forged check.
- a promissory note or bill of exchange.
- a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.
- Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.
adverb
- in or to a firm or rigid state:
The wet shirt was frozen stiff.
- completely, intensely, or extremely: We're scared stiff.
I'm bored stiff by these lectures.
We're scared stiff.
stiff
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adjective
- not easily bent; rigid; inflexible
- not working or moving easily or smoothly
a stiff handle
- difficult to accept in its severity or harshness
a stiff punishment
- moving with pain or difficulty; not supple
a stiff neck
- difficult; arduous
a stiff climb
- unrelaxed or awkward; formal
- firmer than liquid in consistency; thick or viscous
- powerful; strong
a stiff breeze
a stiff drink
- excessively high
a stiff price
- nautical (of a sailing vessel) relatively resistant to heeling or rolling Compare tender 1
- lacking grace or attractiveness
- stubborn or stubbornly maintained
a stiff fight
- obsolete.tightly stretched; taut
- slang.unlucky
- slang.intoxicated
- stiff upper lipSee lip
- stiff with informal.amply provided with
noun
- slang.a corpse
- slang.anything thought to be a loser or a failure; flop
adverb
- completely or utterly
frozen stiff
bored stiff
verb
- slang.intr to fail
the film stiffed
- slang.tr to cheat or swindle
- slang.tr to kill
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú¾±²õ³ó, adjective
- ˈ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·¾±²õ³ó adjective
- ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú adjective
- o·ver·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ±ð³¾Â·¾±Â·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú adjective
- sem·i·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú adjective
- un·²õ³Ù¾±´Ú´Ú·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stiff1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stiff1
Idioms and Phrases
- bore to death (stiff)
- keep a stiff upper lip
- scare out of one's wits (stiff)
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
If home prices are soaring and there’s stiff competition for properties, staying put and renovating might be the way to go.
“The Righteous Gemstones†actor was a guest on the “In Depth With Graham Bensinger†podcast this week when he invoked the specter of stiff person syndrome.
However, this is a longer and stiffer task.
After playing three-straight games against the Detroit Tigers last week, he said it was “getting a little stiff†near the end of the series.
In the face of stiffer sentences, some climate campaigners have said they will turn to more clandestine activities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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