stiff
stif
- n an ordinary man
a lucky stiff
a working stiff - n the dead body of a human being
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river - s not moving or operating freely
a stiff hinge - s powerful
a stiff current
a stiff breeze - s rigidly formal
the letter was stiff and formal - a having a strong physiological or chemical effect
a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink - s marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- s incapable of or resistant to bending
a palace guardsman stiff as a poker
stiff hair
a stiff neck - s very drunk
- r extremely
bored stiff
frightened stiff - r in a stiff manner
his hands lay stiffly
- Citing the current global economic crisis as "the biggest Depression since The Notebook," she gives a stiff, rehearsed stance on what should be done in Iraq and with the crumbling .
- There's stiff competition the handling of mad cow disease, the royal family's years of dysfunction but it is hard to think of anything in modern times that has held Britain .
- Lowe's first pictures of the Senator and his family, taken when Jack was stiff and rushed by the campaign schedule, disappointed the photographer.