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STIFF
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
(adjective) very drunk
rigid, stiff
(adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending; “a rigid strip of metal”; “a table made of rigid plastic”; “a palace guardsman stiff as a poker”; “stiff hair”; “a stiff neck”
starchy, stiff, buckram
(adjective) rigidly formal; “a starchy manner”; “the letter was stiff and formal”; “his prose has a buckram quality”
stiff
(adjective) not moving or operating freely; “a stiff hinge”
potent, strong, stiff
(adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect; “a potent toxin”; “potent liquor”; “a potent cup of tea”; “a stiff drink”
firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
(adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; “firm convictions”; “a firm mouth”; “steadfast resolve”; “a man of unbendable perseverence”; “unwavering loyalty”
stiff
(adjective) powerful; “a stiff current”; “a stiff breeze”
stiffly, stiff
(adverb) in a stiff manner; “his hands lay stiffly”
stiff
(adverb) extremely; “bored stiff”; “frightened stiff”
cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
(noun) the dead body of a human being; “the cadaver was intended for dissection”; “the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse”; “the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river”; “honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay”
stiff
(noun) an ordinary man; “a lucky stiff”; “a working stiff”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
stiff (comparative stiffer, superlative stiffest)
(of an, object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
(figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
(of a, person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
(colloquial) Harsh, severe.
(of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
Potent.
Dead, deceased.
(of a, penis) Erect.
(culinary, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
(math) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
(nautical) Keeping upright.
Noun
stiff (countable and uncountable, plural stiffs)
(slang) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.
(slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
(slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
(slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
(US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
(US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
(blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
(finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
Verb
stiff (third-person singular simple present stiffs, present participle stiffing, simple past and past participle stiffed)
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
to cheat someone
to tip ungenerously
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Proper noun
Stiff (plural Stiffs)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stiff is the 11767th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2662 individuals. Stiff is most common among White (72.46%) and Black/African American (23.03%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stiff, a. [Compar. Stiffer; superl. Stiffest.] Etym: [OE. stif, AS. stif; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. stifr, 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. Milton.
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. Jer. Taylor. A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause, Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. Dryden.
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. Addison.
6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or Colloq.] "This is stiff news." Shak.
7. (Naut.)
Definition: Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. Totten.
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.
Syn.
– Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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