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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • colloquial Harsh, severe.
  • figuratively Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.
  • dead, deceased
  • Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
  • Of a penis, erect
  • Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.
  • Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.
  • potent.

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Noun:

  • An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a ''working '''stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff'''''.
  • A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
  • slang A cadaver, a dead person.
  • US A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.

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Verb:

  • To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

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