stiff: significato e definizioni

Difficult to bend; rigid.

Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant: a stiff hinge.

Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber: a stiff neck.

Drawn tightly; taut.

Rigidly formal.

Lacking ease or grace.

Not liquid, loose, or fluid; thick: stiff dough.

Firm, as in purpose; resolute.

Having a strong, swift, steady force or movement: a stiff current; a stiff breeze.

Potent or strong: a stiff drink.

Difficult, laborious, or arduous: a stiff hike; a stiff examination.

Difficult to comprehend or accept; harsh or severe: a stiff penalty.

Excessively high: a stiff price.

Nautical Not heeling over much in spite of great wind or the press of the sail.

In a stiff manner: frozen stiff.

To a complete extent; totally: bored stiff.

Slang A corpse.

Slang A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal.

Slang A drunk.

Slang A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff.

Slang A hobo; a tramp.

Slang A person who tips poorly.

Slang To tip (someone) inadequately or not at all, as for a service rendered: paid the dinner check but stiffed the waiter.

To cheat (someone) of something owed: My roommate stiffed me out of last month's rent.

To fail to give or supply (something expected or promised).