Definitions for stiff

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Spelling: [stif]

IPA: /stɪf/

Stiff is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in stiff (ffist).

Definitions for stiff

noun

1. Slang. a dead body; corpse. a formal or priggish person. a poor tipper; tightwad. a drunk.
2. Slang. a fellow: a tramp; hobo. a laborer.
3. Slang. a forged check. a promissory note or bill of exchange. a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.
4. Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.

adverb

1. in or to a firm or rigid state:
2. completely, intensely, or extremely:

adjective

1. rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex:
2. not moving or working easily:
3. (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
4. strong; forceful; powerful:
5. strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine:
6. resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.
7. stubbornly continued:
8. firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices.
9. rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.
10. lacking ease and grace; awkward:
11. excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement.
12. laborious or difficult, as a task.
13. severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand.
14. excessive; unusually high or great:
15. firm from tension; taut:
16. relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick:
17. dense or compact; not friable:
18. Nautical. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (opposed to crank2. ).
19. Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built.
20. Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate.

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.).
2. Slang. to cheat; gyp; do out of:

Origin of stiff

before 1000; Middle English (adj. and adv.); Old English stīf; cognate with German steif; akin to stifle¹, steeve¹

Examples for stiff

A figure in white, with a stiff white cap, stood by the bed.

He is in his late forties; intelligent, people say, but stiff and restrained, an eternal bachelor.

Her pallid young face, brow sweating with fear and pain, yet resolute and stiff with sorrow, makes you want to cry.

Her fingers were stiff, but so was her will: the way she stuck to her work was pathetic.

And most of the contemporization sounds like what it is—an ostentatious, slightly ill-fitting suit slipped onto a stiff.

The coverlet dropped from her breast; her hand was suspended with stiff fingers.

Opposite him sat a tall fellow very erect and stiff in his chair.

She was thin, thinner than ever, and stiff as if she had withered.

Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.

FDR wanted to project easy grace rather than stiff formality—especially when communicating complicated matters.