stiff
僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬
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Definitions
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stiff·er, stiff·est.
- : rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- : not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.
- : not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
- : strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds;The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.
- : strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.
- : resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.
- : stubbornly continued: a stiff battle.
- : firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices.
- : rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.
- : lacking ease and grace; awkward: a stiff style of writing.
- : excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement.
- : laborious or difficult, as a task.
- : severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand.
- : excessive; unusually high or great: $50 is pretty stiff to pay for that.
- : firm from tension; taut: to keep a stiff rein.
- : relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick: a stiff jelly;a stiff batter.
- : dense or compact; not friable: stiff soil.
- : Nautical. having a high resistance to rolling; stable.
- : Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built.
- : Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate.
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- : Slang. a dead body; corpse.a formal or priggish person.a poor tipper; tightwad.a drunk.
- : Slang. a fellow: lucky stiff; poor stiff.a tramp; hobo.a laborer.
- : Slang. a forged check.a promissory note or bill of exchange.a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.
- : Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.
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- : in or to a firm or rigid state: The wet shirt was frozen stiff.
- : completely, intensely, or extremely: I'm bored stiff by these lectures.We're scared stiff.
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- : Slang. to fail or refuse to tip.
- : Slang. to cheat; swindle; do out of: The company stiffed me out of a week's pay.
Phrases
- stiff as a board
- stiff upper lip
- bore to death (stiff)
- keep a stiff upper lip
- scare out of one's wits (stiff)
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Examples
The new law will require shell companies to provide the names of their owners or face stiff penalties and jail sentences.
Opt to power such skis with a stiffer freetour boot, and you might be able to squeeze out a bit more downhill performance.
The controversy over trigger pointsYou may refer to them as knots, but those tender, stiff, and often painful areas you most likely have on your shoulders, neck, and back are technically known as trigger points.
For the first time, shell companies will be required to provide the names of their owners or face stiff penalties and jail sentences.
Social video platforms’ contest for creatorsIn the same way that Netflix faces its stiffest competition yet in 2021, so does YouTube.
Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.
Her pallid young face, brow sweating with fear and pain, yet resolute and stiff with sorrow, makes you want to cry.
FDR wanted to project easy grace rather than stiff formality—especially when communicating complicated matters.
Perhaps, though, it is best that the big awful secret remains hidden from the public, out of Working Stiff and everywhere else.
He is in his late forties; intelligent, people say, but stiff and restrained, an eternal bachelor.
But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.
MacRae's heels clicked together and his right hand went up in the stiff military salute.
I kept a stiff backbone for a while, but presently a futile rage against circumstances bubbled up and boiled over.
He braced himself unconsciously, and after Zeal's next words did not relax his body, although his lips turned white and stiff.
If he had cut her, he would have shown less contempt than in that stiff raising of the hat.