ALL meanings of stiffness
stiff
S s - adjective stiffness rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar. 1
- adjective stiffness not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather. 1
- adjective stiffness (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury. 1
- adjective stiffness strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw. 1
- adjective stiffness strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink. 1
- adjective stiffness resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn. 1
- adjective stiffness stubbornly continued: a stiff battle. 1
- adjective stiffness firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices. 1
- adjective stiffness rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings. 1
- adjective stiffness lacking ease and grace; awkward: a stiff style of writing. 1
- adjective stiffness excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement. 1
- adjective stiffness laborious or difficult, as a task. 1
- adjective stiffness severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand. 1
- adjective stiffness excessive; unusually high or great: $50 is pretty stiff to pay for that. 1
- adjective stiffness firm from tension; taut: to keep a stiff rein. 1
- adjective stiffness relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick: a stiff jelly; a stiff batter. 1
- adjective stiffness dense or compact; not friable: stiff soil. 1
- adjective stiffness Nautical. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (opposed to crank2. ). 1
- adjective stiffness Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built. 1
- adjective stiffness Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate. 1
- noun stiffness Slang. a dead body; corpse. a formal or priggish person. a poor tipper; tightwad. a drunk. 1
- noun stiffness Slang. a fellow: lucky stiff; poor stiff. a tramp; hobo. a laborer. 1
- noun stiffness Slang. a forged check. a promissory note or bill of exchange. a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled. 1
- noun stiffness Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose. 1
- adverb stiffness in or to a firm or rigid state: The wet shirt was frozen stiff. 1
- adverb stiffness completely, intensely, or extremely: I'm bored stiff by these lectures. We're scared stiff. 1
- verb with object stiffness Slang. to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.). 1
- verb with object stiffness Slang. to cheat; gyp; do out of: The company stiffed me out of a week's pay. 1
- noun stiffness cold, distant manner 1
- noun stiffness bodily pain 1