stiff

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
2. (figuratively) Inflexible; rigid.
3. Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
4. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
5. Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
6. Potent.
7. (informal) Expensive, pricey.
8. (informal) Dead, deceased.
9. (slang) Erect.
10. Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
11. Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
12. Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
13. Keeping upright.
14. Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
15. Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.

Noun

1. (Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) A cadaver; a dead person.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) A flop; a commercial failure.
5. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
6. (US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable) A customer who does not leave a tip.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.

Verb

1. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
2. To cheat someone.
3. To tip ungenerously.
4. (slang) To kill.
5. (informal) To be unsuccessful.

Adv

Of the wind, with great force; strongly.

Conceptes

rígid

ferm

escarpat

abrupte

cadàver

pendent

rost

pitof

pet

resolut

formal

irrompible

trompa

constant

cos

encarcarat

borratxo

restes

inalterable

mamat

pilloc

gat

😺

mort

💀

Sinònims

rigid

hard

firm

solid

inflexible

tight

cadaver

corpse

tough

dead body

strong

remains

numb

formal

clay

carcass

body

harsh

tense

starchy

severe

strict

steadfast

unbending

thick

awkward

stubborn

unyielding

stringent

stern

steady

straight

rough

heavy

buckram

potent

unbendable

taut

constrained

obstinate

unshakable

stiffly

stilted

fast

steep

stiffen

crisp

prim

convulse

cramp

Traduccions

rigide

steif

rigido

raide

tieso

rígido

stijf

rígido

starr

stug

houterig

stram

star

duro

dur

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/stɪf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: stiff

Heretat de anglès antic: stīf

Cognat amb frisó occidental: stiif

Cognat amb neerlandès: stijf

Cognat amb noruec bokmål: stiv

Cognat amb alemany: steif

Cognat amb llatí: stīpes

In summary

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steypós.
See also West Frisian stiif, Dutch stijf, Norwegian Bokmål stiv, German steif; also Latin stīpes, stīpō, from which English stevedore.
The expected Modern English form would be /staɪf/; /stɪf/ is probably originally from compounds such as stiffly, where the vowel was shortened before a consonant cluster.

Frases

A strong bid may scare your partner stiff .