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Definition stiff

Etymology

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English st?f, from Proto-Germanic *st?faz (compare West Frisian stiif, Dutch stijf, German steif), from Proto-Indo-European *steyp�s (compare Latin st?pes, st?p?, from which English stevedore).

Adjective

stiff (comparative stiffer, superlative stiffest)

1. (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
2. (figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
3. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
4. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
5. (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
6. Potent.
7. Dead, deceased.
8. (of a penis) Erect.
9. (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
10. (mathematics) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
11. (nautical) Keeping upright.

Noun

stiff (countable and uncountable, plural stiffs)

1. (slang) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.
2. (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
3. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
4. (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
5. (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
6. (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.

Verb

stiff (third-person singular simple present stiffs, present participle stiffing, simple past and past participle stiffed)

1. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
2. to cheat someone
3. to tip ungenerously

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