Definitions for stiff

Overview of noun stiff

The noun stiff has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) stiff

(an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff")

2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains

(the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay")

Overview of adj stiff

The adj stiff has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (2) stiff

(not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge")

2. (1) stiff

(powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze")

3. (1) starchy, stiff, buckram

(rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality")

4. potent, strong, stiff

(having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink")

5. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering

(marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty")

6. rigid, stiff

(incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck")

7. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet

(very drunk)

Overview of adv stiff

The adv stiff has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. stiff

(extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff")

2. stiffly, stiff

(in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly")