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rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex.

not moving or working easily.

(of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.

strong; forceful; powerful: The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.

strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine.

resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.

stubbornly continued.

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.

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.

firm from tension; taut.

relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick.

dense or compact; not friable.

Nautical.��(of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (crank ).

Scot. and North England.��sturdy, stout, or strongly built.

Australian Slang.��out of luck; unfortunate.

Slang.��

1. a dead body; corpse.

2. a formal or priggish person.

3. a poor tipper; tightwad.

4. a drunk.

Slang.��

1. a fellow.

   lucky stiff; poor stiff.

2. a tramp; hobo.

3. a laborer.

Slang.��

1. a forged check.

2. a promissory note or bill of exchange.

3. a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.

Slang.��a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.

in or to a firm or rigid state.

completely, intensely, or extremely: We're scared stiff.

Slang.��to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.).

Slang.��to cheat; swindle; do out of.