Stiff
 

stiff
adjective1.not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"2.powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"3.rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"[syn: starchy]4.having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"[syn: potent][ant: impotent]5.marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"[syn: firm]6.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"[syn: rigid]7.very drunk[syn: besotted]
adverb1.extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"2.in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"[syn: stiffly]
noun1.an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"2.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"[syn: cadaver]