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stiff
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Adjective
  • very drunk
  • 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
  • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
    • firm convictions
    • a firm mouth
    • steadfast resolve
    • a man of unbendable perseverence
    • unwavering loyalty
  • having a strong physiological or chemical effect
    • a potent toxin
    • potent liquor
    • a potent cup of tea, a stiff drink
  • rigidly formal
    • a starchy manner
    • the letter was stiff and formal
    • his prose has a buckram quality
  • powerful
    • a stiff current
    • a stiff breeze
  • not moving or operating freely
    • a stiff hinge
Adverb
  • in a stiff manner
    • his hands lay stiffly
  • extremely
    • bored stiff
    • frightened stiff
Noun
  • 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
  • an ordinary man
    • a lucky stiff
    • a working stiff
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