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stiff::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rigid |
| Derivation | stiffness |
a palace guardsman stiff as a poker.
stiff hair.
a stiff neck.
stiff::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| Derivation | stiffness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | stiffness |
a stiff hinge.
| Type | Words |
|---|
a stiff current.
a stiff breeze.
Examples of stiff
stiff
I'm not into reusing sweaty clothes that are stiff enough to stand on their own.
From the usatoday.com
The mountain terrain can create stiff localized winds and humidity remained low.
From the upi.com
The sluggish economy and stiff price pressure in PCs have cooled their interest.
From the businessweek.com
Two hours earlier I'd hobbled in, stiff from a day's skiing at nearby Roundhill.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It felt stiff when I woke up, and during practice it was a little uncomfortable.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It faces stiff competition when it opens in June, opposite 9 other blockbusters.
From the forbes.com
Another couple of old stagers, Corey Enright and James Kelly, are stiff to miss.
From the hepburnadvocate.com.au
At first, she appears to be an ardent admirer of the rather stiff-necked author.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The shapes are stiff, light, corrosion-proof, tear-resistant and heat-resistant.
From the newscientist.com
- An ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
- Extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
- Not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"
- Powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"
- Cadaver: 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"
- Stiffly: in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
- Stiff is a 1994 Australian crime thriller novel, written by Shane Maloney. It is the first novel in a series of crime thrillers following the character of Murray Whelan, as he investigates crimes in the Melbourne area in the course of trying to keep his job with the Australian Labour Party.
- Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references, and jargon. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk. ...
- Stiffness is the resistance of an elastic body to deformation by an applied force along a given degree of freedom (DOF) when a set of loading points and boundary conditions are prescribed on the elastic body. It is an extensive material property.
