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Adjective: stiff (stiffer,stiffest) stif- Not moving or operating freely
"a stiff hinge" - Powerful
"a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze" - Rigidly formal
"the letter was stiff and formal" - Noun: stiff stif- An ordinary man
"a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" - The dead body of a human being
"the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river" - cadaver, corpse, clay, remains Adverb: stiff stif- Extremely
"bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" - In a stiff manner
- stiffly Verb: stiff stif Usage: N. Amer
- Reject outright and bluntly
- rebuff, snub, repel - Cheat, esp. fail to pay what one owes, or pay less than an expected tip (or none at all)
"I stiffed the waiter with a super small tip-but then I don't ever expect to go back."
Derived forms: stiffed, stiffer, stiffest, stiffing, stiffs See also: drunk, effective, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, equipotent, fertile, formal, immobile, inebriated, inflexible, intoxicated, multipotent, potency, powerful, resolute, stiffly, stiffness, strength, strong Type of: adult male, body, dead body, disdain, freeze off, man, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down Encyclopedia: Stiff |