1. Not moving or operating freely
   "a stiff hinge" 
2. Powerful
   "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze" 
3. Rigidly formal
   "the letter was stiff and formal"
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1. An ordinary man
   "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" 
2. The dead body of a human being
   "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"
   - cadaver, corpse, clay, remains

1. Extremely
   "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" 
2. In a stiff manner
   - stiffly

1. Reject outright and bluntly
   - rebuff, snub, repel 
2. 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

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