English Dictionary

stiff

/stɪf/

noun

(slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education. / (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

He woke up with a stiff neck.

意味（1）

(slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.

working stiff

意味（2）

(slang) 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.

意味（3）

(slang) A cadaver; a dead person.

This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!

意味（4）

(slang) A flop; a commercial failure.

If the movie was a stiff it wasn't any of their specific faults. They were all in it together and they were jobbed in and jobbed out for two weeks and gone and they got a pile of money for their efforts.

意味（5）

(US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.

意味（6）

(US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.

意味（7）

(blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.

意味（8）

(finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.

意味（9）

(prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.