Stiff
English Meaning
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
- Difficult to bend; rigid.
- Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant: a stiff hinge.
- Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber: a stiff neck.
- Drawn tightly; taut.
- Rigidly formal.
- Lacking ease or grace.
- Not liquid, loose, or fluid; thick: stiff dough.
- Firm, as in purpose; resolute.
- Having a strong, swift, steady force or movement: a stiff current; a stiff breeze.
- Potent or strong: a stiff drink.
- Difficult, laborious, or arduous: a stiff hike; a stiff examination.
- Difficult to comprehend or accept; harsh or severe: a stiff penalty.
- Excessively high: a stiff price.
- Nautical Not heeling over much in spite of great wind or the press of the sail.
- In a stiff manner: frozen stiff.
- To a complete extent; totally: bored stiff.
- Slang A corpse.
- Slang A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal.
- Slang A drunk.
- Slang A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff.
- Slang A hobo; a tramp.
- Slang A person who tips poorly.
- Slang To tip (someone) inadequately or not at all, as for a service rendered: paid the dinner check but stiffed the waiter.
- To cheat (someone) of something owed: My roommate stiffed me out of last month's rent.
- To fail to give or supply (something expected or promised).
