stiff

stiff: stiff [stɪf]

1. adjective

   a. ( = rigid) [card, paper] rigide ; [material] raide ; [collar, brush, lock] dur

   b. [mixture] ferme

• whisk the egg whites until stiff battre les blancs en neige ferme

   c. [person, limb, muscle] raide ; (from exercise) courbaturé ; [corpse] raide ; [finger] engourdi ; [movement] difficile

• to have a stiff neck avoir un torticolis

• to have a stiff back avoir des courbatures dans le dos

• you'll be stiff tomorrow vous aurez des courbatures demain

• to keep a stiff upper lip rester impassible

   d. (inf) to be bored stiff s'ennuyer à mourir

• to bore sb stiff raser (inf) qn

• to be frozen stiff être frigorifié (inf)

• to be scared stiff être mort de trouille (inf)

• worried stiff mort d'inquiétude

   e. [penalty, sentence] sévère ; [competition, opposition] rude ; [challenge] sérieux ; [climb] raide

   f. ( = formal) guindé ; [bow] raide

   g. [price] élevé ; [price rise] fort

   h. [whisky] bien tassé

• I could use a stiff drink (inf) j'ai besoin d'un remontant

   i. [breeze] fort

2. noun

( = corpse) (inf!) macchabée (inf) m

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[stɪf] 1.
(colloq) noun

1) (corpse) macchabée (sl) m

2) US (humourless person) rabat-joie mf inv
2.
adjective

1) (restricted in movement) gen raide; (after sport, sleeping badly) courbaturé

to have a stiff neck — avoir un torticolis

to have stiff legs — (after sport) avoir des courbatures dans les jambes

2) (hard to move) [drawer] dur à ouvrir; [lever] dur à manier

3) (rigid) [cardboard] raide

4) Culinary

beat the egg whites until stiff — battre les blancs en une neige ferme

5) (not relaxed) [manner, style] compassé

6) (harsh) [warning, sentence] sévère

7) (difficult) [exam, climb] difficile; [competition] rude; [opposition] fort

8) (high) [charge, fine] élevé

9) (strong) [breeze] fort

a stiff drink — un remontant
3.
adverb (colloq)

to be bored stiff — s'ennuyer à mourir

to be frozen stiff — être frigorifié (colloq)

to be scared stiff — avoir une peur bleue

to scare somebody stiff — faire une peur bleue à quelqu'un

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to keep a stiff upper lip — encaisser (colloq) sans broncher

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stiff´ly — stiff «stihf», adjective, adverb, noun, verb. –adj. 1. not easily bent; fixed; rigid: »a stiff brush. He wore a stiff collar. 2. hard to move: »a stiff gear. The old hinges on the barn door are stiff. 3. not able to move easily: »a stiff neck.… … Useful english dictionary
Stiff — Stiff, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. {Costive} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stiff — may refer to:*Stiffness, a material s resistance to bending *Stiff differential equation, an equation that exhibits behaviour at two widely different scales (the differential equations describing stiff materials are stiff differential equations)… … Wikipedia
stiff — [stɪf] verb [transitive] informal to not pay someone money that you owe them or that they expect to be given, for example by not leaving a tip in a restaurant see also working stiff * * * Ⅰ. stiff UK US /stɪf/ adjective ► … Financial and business terms
stiff — [stif] adj. [ME stif < OE, akin to Ger steif < IE * stip , a pole, stick together (var. of base * steib(h) , rod) > L stipes, stem, stake, log, stipare, to crowd, cram] 1. hard to bend or stretch; rigid; firm; not flexible or pliant 2.… … English World dictionary
Stiff — bezeichnet: Stiff Records, ein britisches Independent Label Stiff Little Fingers, eine Punkband aus Belfast Stiff man Syndrom, eine neurologische Krankheit Stiff Upper Lip, ein Albumtitel von AC/DC Stiff ist der Familienname folgender Person:… … Deutsch Wikipedia
stiff — stiff; stiff·en; stiff·en·er; stiff·ish; stiff·ly; stiff·ness; … English syllables
stiff — [adj1] hard, inflexible annealed, arthritic, benumbed, brittle, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, firm, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, inelastic, jelled, mechanical,… … New thesaurus
stiff — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not easily bent; rigid. 2) not moving freely; difficult to turn or operate. 3) unable to move easily and without pain. 4) not relaxed or friendly; constrained. 5) severe or strong: stiff fines. 6) (stiff with) informal full of … English terms dictionary
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

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