stiff

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

rigide

raide

dur

fort

solide

cadavre

dépouille

ferme

corps

corsé

résistant

restes

ardu

gelé

figé

mort de froid

macchabée

gourd

transi

cérémonieux

sec

serré

sévère

strict

tenace

trempé

ankylosé

carcasse

contraint

courbaturé

devenir raide

éméché

empesé

étriqué

formaliste

idiote

macab

opiniâtre

pincé

pompette

sevère

trop sérieux

biffeton

schlass

éméchée

enveloppe charnelle

empégué

tensioactives

bourré

collet monté

Synonymes

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

Traductions

steif

rigido

tieso

rígido

stijf

rígido

starr

stug

stram

houterig

star

rígid

duro

stevig

hart

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɪf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: stiff

Hérité de ancien anglais: stīf

Appartenant à frison occidental: stiif

Appartenant à néerlandais: stijf

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: stiv

Appartenant à allemand: steif

Appartenant à latin: 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.

Phrases

A strong bid may scare your partner stiff .

Une offre forte peut effrayer votre partenaire raide.