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Word: stiff
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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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