stiff

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

stiffer

Superlative

stiffest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

stiffs

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

   • You have discovered the corpse of Captain Willem of the MSV Majesty. His stiff fingers are wrapped tightly around a small datapad.

2. 2.Inflexible; rigid.

3. 3.Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

4. 4.Harsh, severe.(colloquial)

   • He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.
   • “Yes. I believe she has passed quite a stiff exam.”
   • To fit them for heavy loads on gradients as stiff as 1 in 45 in tropical conditions, these Class 90 diesels embody several unusual features, [..].

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.(slang)

   • The clerk shrugged: “That's the boss's little girl.” “Why, the lucky stiff!” said Keating. “He's been holding out on me.” “You misunderstood me,” the clerk said coldly. “It's his daughter. It's Dominique Francon.”

2. 2.A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.(slang)

   • She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.

3. 3.A cadaver; a dead person.(slang)

4. 4.A flop; a commercial failure.(slang)

   • They never did sell any records. I don't mean they didn't sell 100,000. I mean they didn't sell 5000. Total. National. Coast-to-coast. The record was a stiff.

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