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  • stiff´en|er — stiff|en «STIHF uhn», transitive verb. to make stiff or stiffer: »She stiffened the shirt with starch. –v.i. to become stiff or stiffer: »The jelly will stiffen as it cools. The wind was stiffening as the storm approached. Figurative. He… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stiff|en — «STIHF uhn», transitive verb. to make stiff or stiffer: »She stiffened the shirt with starch. –v.i. to become stiff or stiffer: »The jelly will stiffen as it cools. The wind was stiffening as the storm approached. Figurative. He stiffened with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stiff Little Fingers — Infobox musical artist Name = Stiff Little Fingers |220px Img capt = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Belfast, Northern Ireland Genre = Punk rock Years active = 1977 1982 1987–present Label = Rough Trade Records Chrysalis Records… …   Wikipedia

  • stiff — stiff1 [ stıf ] adjective ** ▸ 1 with pain in muscles ▸ 2 firm & difficult to bend ▸ 3 not moving easily ▸ 4 mixture: very thick ▸ 5 formal/controlled ▸ 6 more severe than usual ▸ 7 containing much alcohol ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) if you are stiff or a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stiff — I UK [stɪf] / US adjective ** 1) if you are stiff, or if a part of your body is stiff, you feel pain in your muscles and cannot move easily Her fingers were getting stiff. feel stiff: My leg muscles always feel stiff after a long bike ride. stiff …   English dictionary

  • stiff — adj. 1 difficult to bend/move VERBS ▪ be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand ▪ She lay stiff and still beside him. ▪ become …   Collocations dictionary

  • stiff —    1. a corpse    Referring to the rigor mortis:     When anyone was killed they piled the stiffs outside the door. (Scribner s Monthly, July 1880)    In the 19th century also as a stiff one:     Would she stick it till she was a stiff un.… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • stiff —    O ole a; mālo elo e, lo elo e, ainā (as from exercise); mākū (as molasses); uāni i (as salted fish); lā au (as wood); liki (as a limb).   Also: ka e e, e e, mauwā, mā ulu ulu, mala, i ī, ponanā, pili aikū.    ♦ Stiff with cold, make anu, hau… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • make away with — 1 she decided to make away with him: KILL, murder, dispatch, eliminate; informal bump off, do away with, do in, do for, knock off, top, croak, stiff, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, smoke, waste; poetic/lite …   Useful english dictionary

  • stiff-arm —    to compel through threats or violence    From a disabling hold in wrestling:     One more attempt to stiff arm him occurred at 8.30 p.m. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991 the White House was seeking to make the Attorney General suppress the Nixon… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • make your hair stand on end — cause you to be afraid, petrified, scared stiff    Strange sounds began coming from the closet. It was enough to make your hair stand on end …   English idioms

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