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stiff (STIF) (adjective)
1. Anything that is difficult to bend or to move: "The stiff cardboard was too hard to bend or to tear."
2. Being painful to move or to use or showing pain in movement or use: "His neck is stiff and painful from typing too long without taking a break from his work."
3. Not graceful, relaxed, or friendly: "The woman appeared to be stiff and not very talkative at the party."
2. Being painful to move or to use or showing pain in movement or use: "His neck is stiff and painful from typing too long without taking a break from his work."
3. Not graceful, relaxed, or friendly: "The woman appeared to be stiff and not very talkative at the party."
stiff (STIF) (adjective)
1. Very much; to an extreme degree: "The driver had to pay a stiff fine for speeding on the residential street."
2. Very hard because of having been wet and then frozen: "When she took the shirt down from the clothes line, it was frozen stiff."
2. Very hard because of having been wet and then frozen: "When she took the shirt down from the clothes line, it was frozen stiff."
stiff (STIF) (noun)
1. The body of a dead person: "In 2003, a book was published about human cadavers, titled: Stiff, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach."
2. Someone who is thought to be lucky, unlucky, etc.: "That poor stiff usually never gets a lucky break except last week when he was called a lucky stiff because he won at bingo in his local social club."
2. Someone who is thought to be lucky, unlucky, etc.: "That poor stiff usually never gets a lucky break except last week when he was called a lucky stiff because he won at bingo in his local social club."
stiff (STIF) (verb)
Not giving as much money as one should present to someone: "He was told that he should not stiff the waiter with such a small tip."
In the past, a person had to be careful not to be stiff when working with the carters who would haul a stiff off to the graveyard. It was hard work because the stiff was very stiff. Usually a new carter reported being scared stiff until he got used to taking care of the stiff cadavers.
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“stiff”
(Greek: stiff, unmovable; adhesion; by extension, "bent, hooked, crooked, curved, looped")
(Latin: stiff, hard, numb; to be frozen, to grow stiff with cold, to be chilled)
(Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face])
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Cameron defends stiff sentences for rioters, honing debate on message of deterrence
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"Mr. Cameron said the four days of arson, riot and looting in London and major cities was 'absolutely appalling' and the criminal justice system should be sending 'a very clear message that it's wrong and won't be tolerated.' "
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