Stiff

Kannada Meaning

English Meaning

1. Difficult to bend; rigid.
2. Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant: a stiff hinge.
3. Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber: a stiff neck.
4. Drawn tightly; taut.
5. Rigidly formal.
6. Lacking ease or grace.
7. Not liquid, loose, or fluid; thick: stiff dough.
8. Firm, as in purpose; resolute.
9. Having a strong, swift, steady force or movement: a stiff current; a stiff breeze.
10. Potent or strong: a stiff drink.
11. Difficult, laborious, or arduous: a stiff hike; a stiff examination.
12. Difficult to comprehend or accept; harsh or severe: a stiff penalty.
13. Excessively high: a stiff price.
14. Nautical Not heeling over much in spite of great wind or the press of the sail.
15. In a stiff manner: frozen stiff.
16. To a complete extent; totally: bored stiff.
17. Slang A corpse.
18. Slang A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal.
19. Slang A drunk.
20. Slang A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff.
21. Slang A hobo; a tramp.
22. Slang A person who tips poorly.
23. Slang To tip (someone) inadequately or not at all, as for a service rendered: paid the dinner check but stiffed the waiter.
24. To cheat (someone) of something owed: My roommate stiffed me out of last month's rent.
25. To fail to give or supply (something expected or promised).