Noun | 1. | stiff - an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" |
| 2. | stiff - the dead body of a human being |
Adj. | 1. | stiff - lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs" |
| 2. | stiff - not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" |
| 3. | stiff - powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink" |
| 4. | stiff - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" |
| 5. | stiff - hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant" |
| 6. | stiff - of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar" |
| 7. | 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" |
| 8. | stiff - very drunkSynonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, sozzled, squiffy, tiddley, tiddly, crocked, fuddled, tipsy, potty, smashed, soaked, soused, pissed, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, wet, loaded, tight |
Adv. | 1. | stiff - extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" |
| 2. | stiff - in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" |