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[ adjective ] lacking ease in bending; not limber
Examples "a stiff neck" "stiff joints" "stiff hairs" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Boyer is suffering from a stiff neck . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)His steps were short and stiff , and , with his head thrown_back , his progress was a supercilious strut . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not moving or operating freely
Examples "a stiff hinge" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)In the stiff neutral lines of the telephone_poles he saw the no-nonsense pen strokes of Aunt_Jessica 's letter . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an ordinary man
Examples "a lucky stiff" "a working stiff" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Sposato needed a front , some labor stiff with a clean record to act_as business_agent of the Redhook local . With my gray hair and my weatherbeaten countenance I certainly looked the honest working stiff . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] powerful
Examples "a stiff current" "a stiff breeze" "a stiff drink" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` I have come to talk with you about the future of humor and comedy '' , I told him , at which he started slightly , and_then made us each a stiff drink , with a trembling hand . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of a collar; standing up rather than folded down
Synonyms Examples "an uncomfortable standup collar" "a stiff collar" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] incapable of or resistant to bending
Synonyms Examples "a rigid strip of metal" "a table made of rigid plastic" "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] extremely
Examples "bored stiff" "frightened stiff" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11622
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