stiff
suomi-englanti sanakirjastiff englannista suomeksi
terävä
jäykkänä
kova, kankea
kalmo, raato
tukeva
jäykkä
muodollinen
mies, jokamies, onnenpekka
perseet olalla oleva, perseet olalla
voimakas
Substantiivi
Verbi
stiff englanniksi
Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set). ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
(quote-video game)|genre=fiction|Science Fiction|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Xawin|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|passage=You have discovered the corpse of Captain Willem of the MSV Majesty. His stiff fingers are wrapped tightly around a small datapad.
Inflexible; rigid.
Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
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(quote-journal)
Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
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Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
Keeping upright.
Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
{{quote-text|en|year=1968|author=William Price Fox|title=Southern Fried Plus Six: Short Works of Fiction|page=219
Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
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A cadaver; a dead person.
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(quote-av)
A flop; a commercial failure.
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{{quote-text|en|year=2016|author=Ralph J. Gleason; Toby Gleason|title=Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason
A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
Any hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
instrument|Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
{{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=William Foote Whyte|title=Industry and Society|page=129
To cheat someone
{{quote-text|en|year=1992|author=Stephen Birmingham|title=Shades of Fortune|page=451
To tip ungenerously.
{{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Mary Higgins Clark|title=I Heard That Song Before|page=154
To kill.
(quote-song)|album=Street Hassle|year=1978|author=Lou Reed|passage=But you know it could be a hassle / Trying to explain myself to a police officer / About how it was your old lady got herself stiffed
To be unsuccessful.
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