stiff
31stiff — I. vb 1a. to kill. An Americanism based on the noun form of the word (denoting a corpse). Since the 1960s the term has been heard in raffish or underworld par lance in Britain. 1b. British to attack physically, trounce 2. to take financial… …
32stiff — 1. adjective /stɪf/ a) Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible. He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine. b) Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible. My legs are stiff after climbing that hill… …
33Stiff — This interesting surname derives from the Old English pre 7th Century stif meaning stiff, rigid or inflexible and originated as a nickname for someone who had difficulty in movement or in bending. The term was also used in a transferred sense of… …
34stiff — adjective 1》 not easily bent; rigid. ↘not moving freely; difficult to turn or operate. ↘unable to move easily and without pain. 2》 not relaxed or friendly; constrained. 3》 severe or strong: they face stiff fines. ↘(of a wind) blowing… …
35stiff — 1. a corpse Referring to the rigor mortis: When anyone was killed they piled the stiffs outside the door. (Scribner s Monthly, July 1880) In the 19th century also as a stiff one: Would she stick it till she was a stiff un.… …
36stiff — 1. n. Corpse. 2. n. Term of mild abuse, but very often facet. Often big stiff. 3. stiff with Crowded with. 4. adv. Considerably. ♣ Bored stiff; scared stiff …
37stiff — [1] Not easily bent or turned. As opposed to a rigid object, a stiff object does not break when subjected to bending stress, and implies a certain degree of flexibility; a bridge, for example, is stiff, not rigid, and steel panels are inherently… …
38stiff — O ole a; mālo elo e, lo elo e, ainā (as from exercise); mākū (as molasses); uāni i (as salted fish); lā au (as wood); liki (as a limb). Also: ka e e, e e, mauwā, mā ulu ulu, mala, i ī, ponanā, pili aikū. ♦ Stiff with cold, make anu, hau… …
39stiff — See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE STIFF …
40stiff — See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE STIFF …
