eng: stiff - UWN/MENTA

eng: stiff

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Meaning
means	(noun) an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" stiff
means	(noun) 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" cadaver, stiff, clay, corpse, remains
means	(adjective) not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" stiff
means	(adjective) powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze" stiff
means	(adjective) rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" buckram, stiff, starchy
means	(adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" stiff, potent, strong
means	(adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" unbendable, steady, firm, unwavering, steadfast, unfaltering, stiff, unshakable
means	(adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" rigid, stiff
means	(adjective) very drunk crocked, sozzled, blind drunk, slopped, fuddled, plastered, smashed, pissed, squiffy, besotted, wet, stiff, soused, loaded, sloshed, cockeyed, blotto, tight, soaked, pixilated, pie-eyed
means	(adverb) extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" stiff
means	(adverb) in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" stiff, stiffly

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