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Stiff Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stiff? [n] the dead body of a human being [n] an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" [adv] in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" [adv] extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" [adj] (slang) very drunk [adj] incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker" [adj] of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar" [adj] lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs" [adj] rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [adj] hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant" [adj] not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" [adj] powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stiff: besotted \| blind drunk \| blotto \| buckram \| cadaver \| clay \| corpse \| crocked \| drunk \| formal \| fuddled \| hard \| immobile \| inebriated \| inflexible \| intoxicated \| loaded \| pie-eyed \| pissed \| pixilated \| plastered \| potty \| remains \| rigid \| slopped \| sloshed \| smashed \| soaked \| soused \| sozzled \| squiffy \| stand-up \| starchy \| stiffly \| strong \| tiddley \| tiddly \| tight \| tipsy \| uphill \| wet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stiff: See Also \| adult male \| body \| cremains \| dead body \| man Stiff In Webster's Dictionary \Stiff\, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, 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 a["e]rial 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.) 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.

Stiff Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stiff?

[n] the dead body of a human being
[n] an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
[adv] in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
[adv] extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
[adj] (slang) very drunk
[adj] incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"
[adj] of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar"
[adj] lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs"
[adj] rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
[adj] hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
[adj] not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"
[adj] powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink"

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Stiff In Webster's Dictionary

\Stiff\, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE.
stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw.
styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, 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
         a["e]rial 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.) 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.

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