Definizione monolingua

stiff

stiff (third-person singular simple present stiffs, present participle stiffing, simple past and past participle stiffed)

1. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

   Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light.

   • 1946, William Foote Whyte, Industry and Society, page 129

     We asked one girl to explain how she felt when she was ""stiffed."" She said, You think of all the work youve done and how youve tried to please [them…].

   • 1992, Stephen Birmingham, Shades of Fortune, page 451

     You see, poor Nonie really was stiffed by Adolph in his will. He really stiffed her, Rose, and I really wanted to right that wrong.

   • 2007, Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before, page 154

     Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip.

stiff (plural stiffs)

1. An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

   A Working Stiffs Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Cant Remember was published in 2003.

2. A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

   She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.

3. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
4. (US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.

stiff (comparative stiffer, superlative stiffest)

1. Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
2. (figuratively) Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.
3. Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.
4. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.

   He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

5. Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.

   My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

6. potent.

   A stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze.

7. dead, deceased.
8. Of a penis, erect.

Definizione dizionario stiff

	rigido
	figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement
	of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible
	of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed
	of muscles, or parts of the body

	duro
	colloquial: harsh, severe

	inflessibile
	figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement

	severo
	colloquial: harsh, severe

arduo

austero

compassato

difficile

faticoso

fermo

forte

freddo

gagliardo

gelato

impettito

irrigidito

rigoroso

ripido

sodo

spesso

tesa

teso

Altri significati:

Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.

A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

(colloquial) Harsh, severe.

The physical structure of a dead animal or person.

Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

person who is deceived

US: person who leaves without paying the bill

slang: cadaver, dead person

potent.

to fail to pay money one owes

average person, usually male

An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.

(figuratively) Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.

(slang) A cadaver, a dead person.

Of a penis, erect.

dead, deceased.

(US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.