(Slang) corpse, dead body; overly formal or priggish person; fellow, regular person; drunk
in a rigid state; thoroughly, completely
difficult to bend, rigid; stubborn; strong; awkward; hard, difficult; thick; high, expensive
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Stiff Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(superl.)
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
(superl.)
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
(superl.)
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
(superl.)
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
(superl.)
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
(superl.)
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
(superl.)
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
(superl.)
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
stiff
\stiff\ (?), a. [compar. stiffer (?); superl. stiffest.] [oe. stif, as. stīf; akin to d. stijf, g. steif, dan. stiv, sw. styf, icel. stīfr, lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. l. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. cf. costive, stifle, stipulate, stive to stuff.]
1. not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [they] rising on stiff pennons, tower the mid aërial sky.
2. not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
3. firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
4. not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary. it is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. taylor. a war ensues: the cretans own their cause, stiff to defend their hospitable laws.
5. not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. the french are open, familiar, and talkative; the italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved.
6. harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [obs. or colloq.] "this is stiff news."
7. (naut.) bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
8. very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [slang]
stiff
neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain.
similar words(2)
stiff neck
to keep a stiff upper lip
person, man You lucky stiff! You won a TV!
not pay for, leave without paying; person, man
The cab driver told a policeman that a lady had stiffed him.
You lucky stiff! You won a TV!
The cab driver told a policeman that a lady had stiffed him.
You lucky stiff! You won a TV!
Anystwyth = a. unpliable, stiff
Anystwytho = v. to grow stiff
Cyffiad = n. a becoming stiff
Del = a. stiff; pert, saucy; smart
Garsyth = a. stiff in a ham
Syth = n. a stiff or rigid state, a. stiff, rigid, erect
1. drunk; 2. dead body; corpse; 3. drunk; 4. racehorse that is certain to lose; 5. erect penis; 6. illegal letter sent out of jail without being censored; 7. exclamation of derision, used to point out that someone has got what they deserved; serves yourself right!
be very obvious
sore from exertion/exercise
1. bad luck; 2. serves yourself right!; 3. off-hand expression of sympathy
1. bad luck; 2. serves yourself right!; 3. off-hand expression of sympathy
1. bad luck; 2. serves yourself right!; 3. off-hand expression of sympathy
full of; bristling with: “The area was stiff with cops”
Noun
1. an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
(hypernym) man, adult male
2. the dead body of a human being
(synonym) cadaver, corpse, clay, remains
(hypernym) body, dead body
(hyponym) cremains
Adjective
1. lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs"
(similar) inflexible
2. not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"
(similar) immobile
3. powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink"
(similar) strong
4. rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
(synonym) starchy, buckram
(similar) formal
5. hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
(synonym) uphill
(similar) hard
6. of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar"
(synonym) stand-up
(similar) inflexible
7. incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"
(synonym) rigid
(similar) inflexible
8. very drunk
(synonym) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet
(similar) intoxicated, drunk, inebriated
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
Adverb
1. extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
2. in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
(synonym) stiffly
Stiff Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
"Stiff", said loudly. STI / ST-TMP Star Trek, first movie / The Motion Picture STII / ST-WOK Star Trek, second movie / 'Wrath Of Khan' STIII / ST-SFS Star Trek, third movie / 'Search For Spock' STIV / ST-TVH Star Trek, fourth movie / 'The Voyage Home'
Stiff Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Stiff may refer to:
- Stiff, a characteristic used to describe people in the military or someone who appears disciplined
- Stiff, a colloquial term for a human corpse
- Stiffness, a material's resistance to bending
- Stiff (novel), a novel by Shane Maloney in his Murray Whelan series
- Stiff (film), an Australian TV movie based on the novel, starring David Wenham
- Stiff (professional wrestling), a term used to describe how a wrestler attacks an opponent
- , a book by Mary Roach
- Stiff Records, a British record label
- Seattle's True Independent Film Festival (STIFF), an annual event
- Jimmy Stiff, former member of American rock band Jackyl
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Stiff Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
The condition of a ship when she will carry a great quantity of sail without hazard of oversetting. It is used-in opposition to CRANK.
Stiff Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
To prevent a horse from winning by riding poorly, by drugging it illegally, or by poor training; a seriously unfit or outclassed horse
(Blackjack): is a hand that is not pat and that could bust if hit once. this includes hard twelves through sixteens.
