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[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) tog2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) trd3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) gost4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) težaven5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) močan6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) zadržan•- stiffly- stiffness
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- scare stiff* * *I [stif]adjective ( stiffly adverb)tog, neupogljiv, negibek, trd, okorel; žilav; gost; nepopustljiv, strog, trmast, odločen, zakrknjen; nadut, ohol, formalen; prisiljen; zadržan, odljuden; močan (pijača, veter); težaven, naporen; ki se s težavo giblje ali premika, se zatika, nenamazan, nenaoljen; economy stalen, stabilen, visok, pretiran (cena)stiff neck — trd vrat (od prepiha itd.)a stiff reception — tog, prisiljen sprejemstiff ship — ladja, ki se ne nagne v stran pod pritiskom vetra v jadriha stiff un — postaran športnik, slang mrličto keep a stiff upper-lip figuratively ne popustiti, zobe stisniti, pokazati trdnost značajaII [stif]nounslang mrlič, truplo; toga oseba; papirnati denar, menica; American človek, ki se ne more ničesar naučiti; konj, ki zanesljivo ne bo zmagal na dirkibig stiff — tepec, bedak
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stiff — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, Latin stipare to press together, Greek steibein to tread on Date: before 12th century 1. a. not easily bent ; rigid < a stiff collar > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
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