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Meaning of stiff

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stiff
      adv 1: extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
      2: in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" [syn: {stiffly},
         {stiff}]
      adj 1: 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},
         {stiff}, {buckram}]
      4: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent
         toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff
         drink" [syn: {potent}, {strong}, {stiff}] [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}, {steadfast}, {steady}, {stiff}, {unbendable},
         {unfaltering}, {unshakable}, {unwavering}]
      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}, {stiff}]
      7: very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto},
         {crocked}, {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed},
         {pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered}, {slopped}, {sloshed},
         {smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff},
         {tight}, {wet}]
      n 1: 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}, {corpse}, {stiff}, {clay},
         {remains}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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