1. (

• stiff

) an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" ;

2. (

• cadaver ,
• corpse ,
• stiff ,
• clay ,
• remains

) 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" ;

1. (

• stiff

) not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" ;

2. (

• stiff

) powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze" ;

3. (

• starchy ,
• stiff ,
• buckram

) rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" ;

4. (

• potent ,
• strong ,
• stiff

) having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"; "a stiff drink" ;

5. (

• firm ,
• steadfast ,
• steady ,
• stiff ,
• unbendable ,
• unfaltering ,
• unshakable ,
• unwavering

) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" ;

6. (

• rigid ,
• stiff ,

) 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" ;

7. (

• besotted ,
• blind_drunk ,
• blotto ,
• crocked ,
• cockeyed ,
• fuddled ,
• loaded ,
• pie-eyed ,
• pissed ,
• pixilated ,
• plastered ,
• slopped ,
• sloshed ,
• smashed ,
• soaked ,
• soused ,
• sozzled ,
• squiffy ,
• stiff ,
• tight ,
• wet

) very drunk ;

1. (

• stiff ,

) extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" ;

2. (

• stiffly ,
• stiff

) in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" ;