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▸ noun: an ordinary man ("A lucky stiff")
▸ noun: the dead body of a human being
▸ adjective: not moving or operating freely ("A stiff hinge")
▸ adjective: powerful ("A stiff current")
▸ adjective: lacking ease in bending; not limber ("A stiff neck")
▸ adjective: hard to overcome or surmount ("A stiff hike")
▸ adjective: incapable of or resistant to bending ("A palace guardsman stiff as a poker")
▸ adjective: of a collar; standing up rather than folded down ("A stiff collar")
▸ adjective: rigidly formal ("The letter was stiff and formal")
▸ adjective: very drunk
▸ adverb: extremely ("Bored stiff")
▸ adverb: in a stiff manner ("His hands lay stiffly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11622)
▸ Also see stiffs
▸ Word origin
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▸ noun: an ordinary man ("A lucky stiff")
▸ noun: the dead body of a human being
▸ adjective: not moving or operating freely ("A stiff hinge")
▸ adjective: powerful ("A stiff current")
▸ adjective: lacking ease in bending; not limber ("A stiff neck")
▸ adjective: hard to overcome or surmount ("A stiff hike")
▸ adjective: incapable of or resistant to bending ("A palace guardsman stiff as a poker")
▸ adjective: of a collar; standing up rather than folded down ("A stiff collar")
▸ adjective: rigidly formal ("The letter was stiff and formal")
▸ adjective: very drunk
▸ adverb: extremely ("Bored stiff")
▸ adverb: in a stiff manner ("His hands lay stiffly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11622)
▸ Also see stiffs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to stiff
▸ Usage examples for stiff
▸ Idioms related to stiff (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing stiff
▸ Popular nouns described by stiff
▸ Words that often appear near stiff
▸ Rhymes of stiff
▸ Invented words related to stiff