1. adj. (of an, object) Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
2. adj. (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
3. adj. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
4. adj. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.
5. adj. (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. adj. Potent.
a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze.
7. adj. Dead, deceased.
8. adj. (of a penis) Erect.
9. adj. (culinary, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
beat the egg whites until they are stiff
10. adj. (math) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
11. n. An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.
A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003.
12. n. 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.
13. n. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
14. n. (US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
15. n. (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
16. v. 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.
1. adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
2. adj. Resistant to pressure.
This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
3. adj. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
4. adj. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
5. adj. (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare sof
6. adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
7. adj. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
a hard problem
8. adj. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
a hard life
9. adj. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character
don't be so hard on yourself
10. adj. (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
11. adj. Unquestionable.
hard evidence
12. adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused.
I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
14. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
15. adj. phonetics, uncomparable
16. adj. Plosive.
There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
17. adj. Unvoiced
Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.
18. adj. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
The letter m - ru in Russian is always hard.
19. adj. (arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
20. adj. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
21. adj. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
22. adj. (uncomparable) In the form of a hard copy.
We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.
23. adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
He hit the puck hard up the ice.
They worked hard all week.
At the intersection, bear hard left.
The recession hit them especially hard.
Think hard about your choices.
24. adv. (manner) With difficulty.
His degree was hard earned.
The vehicle moves hard.
25. adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
26. adv. (manner) Compactly.
The lake had finally frozen hard.
27. adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
28. n. (nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
29. n. (drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.
30. n. (motorsports) (ellipsis of hard tyre) (A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.)
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