stiff
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.Examples: "“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache."; "You have discovered the corpse of Captain Willem of the MSV Majesty. His stiff fingers are wrapped tightly around a small datapad."Synonyms: firm, stark
2. (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.figuratively
3. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
4. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.Examples: "He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine."; "“Yes. I believe she has passed quite a stiff exam.”"; "To fit them for heavy loads on gradients as stiff as 1 in 45 in tropical conditions, these Class 90 diesels embody several unusual features, [...]."Synonyms: brutal, heavycolloquial
5. (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.Examples: "My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday."
6. (informal) Expensive, pricey.Examples: "He had the practised face of a dealer also. But he was a Jew and chaffering was in his blood, and he said, "A bit stiff, isn't it? I mean without a guarantee that it's by the original maker?""informal
noun (English)
1. (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.Examples: "working stiff"; "The clerk shrugged: “That's the boss's little girl.” “Why, the lucky stiff!” said Keating. “He's been holding out on me.” “You misunderstood me,” the clerk said coldly. “It's his daughter. It's Dominique Francon.”"CanadaUScountableslanguncountable
2. (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.Examples: "She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him."countableslanguncountable
3. (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.Examples: "This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!"Synonyms: anatomy, body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, corpse, corse, DBcountableslanguncountable
4. (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.Examples: "If the movie was a stiff it wasn't any of their specific faults. They were all in it together and they were jobbed in and jobbed out for two weeks and gone and they got a pile of money for their efforts."; "They never did sell any records. I don't mean they didn't sell 100,000. I mean they didn't sell 5000. Total. National. Coast-to-coast. The record was a stiff."countableslanguncountable
5. (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.UScountableslanguncountable
6. (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.USbroadlycountableslanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (slang) To kill.Examples: "But you know it could be a hassle / Trying to explain myself to a police officer / About how it was your old lady got herself stiffed"slang
2. (informal) To be unsuccessful.Examples: ""Come To Me" moved but a few to buy a copy; "My Queen" stiffed in the stall."informal
adv (English)
1. (nautical) Of the wind, with great force; strongly.Examples: "At Feversham was a very High Tide in the Afternoon, tho' the Wind was Southerly, and blew very stiff, which the Seamen there wondered at."; "It soon blew stiff, & we scudded before it under double-reefed topsails, & mainsail hauled up."; "At about 11.30 am it rained tremendously and blew very stiff."
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