skiffed
English
skiff
Etymology 1
From (etyl) esquif, from (etyl) . More at (l).
Noun
(en noun )
A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
* , chapter=7
, title= Mr. Pratt’s Patients
, passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff’ s rail, close to the stern.}}
Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
(weather) A light wind/rain/snow, etc.
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(slang) Used when referring to anyone (typically rednecks and fishermen) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they are more than they actually are.
Verb
(en verb )
to navigate in a skiff.
Noun
(en noun )
(weather, Nova Scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground
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stiffed
English
stiff
English
Adjective
(er)
Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff , retroussé moustache.
(lb) Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.
Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.
(lb) Harsh, severe.
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Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.
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Potent.
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Dead, deceased.
Of a penis, erect.
Noun
(en noun )
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.
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.
(slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
(US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
See also
* bindlestiff
* See also ,
Verb
(en verb )
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.
* 1946 , William Foote Whyte, Industry and Society , page 129
- We asked one girl to explain how she felt when she was “stiffed .” She said, You think of all the work you’ve done and how you’ve tried to please [them…].
* 1992 , Stephen Birmingham, Shades of Fortune , page 451
- You see, poor Nonie really was stiffed‘ by Adolph in his will. He really ‘ stiffed her , Rose, and I really wanted to right that wrong.
* 2007 , Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before , page 154
- Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip.
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