STIFF

5 letters 11 Scrabble points /stɪf/

Definition of STIFF

noun

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. A cadaver; a dead person.

verb

  1. 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."

  2. To cheat someone

  3. To tip ungenerously

adjective

  1. (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

  2. (of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

  3. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S T I F F
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of STIFF

Words that use the same letters:

TIFFS

Words Containing "STIFF"

MASTIFF MASTIFFS OVERSTIFF OVERSTIFFEN OVERSTIFFLY OVERSTIFFNESS RESTIFF RESTIFFEN RESTIFFENER RESTIFFNESS SEMISTIFF SEMISTIFFLY SEMISTIFFNESS STIFFED STIFFEN STIFFENED STIFFENER STIFFENERS STIFFENING STIFFENS

Words Starting with "STIFF"

STIFFED STIFFEN STIFFENED STIFFENER STIFFENERS STIFFENING STIFFENS STIFFER STIFFEST STIFFHEARTED STIFFING STIFFISH STIFFLEG STIFFLER STIFFLY STIFFLIKE STIFFNECK STIFFNECKEDLY STIFFNECKEDNESS STIFFNESS

Words Ending with "STIFF"

MASTIFF OVERSTIFF RESTIFF SEMISTIFF UNSTIFF