Overview of noun stiff

The noun stiff has 2 senses

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


• 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

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


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


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


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


• 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")


• 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")


• 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

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


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