Stiff - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
a working stiff
adjective
a stiff breeze
- incapable of or resistant to bending (syn: rigid)
stiff hair
a stiff neck
adverb
frightened stiff
Extra examples
When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as a board.
Beat the egg whites until they are stiff.
That poor stiff never gets a break.
They have the kind of luxuries the average working stiff can't afford.
...the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events...
...customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company selling sexual aids...
He was a shortish gentleman, with very stiff black hair
Their talk was stiff with simile.
He bored her stiff.
He was scared stiff.
He has a stiff hand.
You need a stiff drink.
A stiff whisky for me.
Many students passed a stiff examination in the School of Arts.
He paid a stiff price for the mansion.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: stiff
he/she/it: stiffs
present participle: stiffing
past tense: stiffed
past participle: stiffed
singular: stiff
plural: stiffs
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