STIFF — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
stiff
The dead body of a human being.
An ordinary man.
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- A lucky stiff.
- A working stiff.
Very drunk.
Incapable of or resistant to bending.
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- A rigid strip of metal.
- A table made of rigid plastic.
- A palace guardsman stiff as a poker.
Of a collar; standing up rather than folded down.
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- An uncomfortable standup collar.
- A stiff collar.
Lacking ease in bending; not limber.
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- A stiff neck.
- Stiff joints.
- Stiff hairs.
Rigidly formal.
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- A starchy manner.
- The letter was stiff and formal.
- His prose has a buckram quality.
Hard to overcome or surmount.
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- A stiff hike.
- A stiff exam.
- An uphill battle against a popular incumbant.
Not moving or operating freely.
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- A stiff hinge.
Powerful.
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- A stiff current.
- A stiff breeze.
- A stiff drink.
In a stiff manner.
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- His hands lay stiffly.
Extremely.
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- Bored stiff.
- Frightened stiff.
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