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Encyclopedia > Stiff
Look up stiff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Stiff may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • 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)
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, a book about corpses by Mary Roach
  • Stiff, an Australian movie starring David Wenham
  • Stiff pattern or Stiff diagram, a method of plotting anion and cation concentrations in meq/L [1]
  • Stiff Records, a British record label
  • Stiff can also be used as a slang word for when a customer fails to tip a server
  • Erection, the "stiff" state of the male sexual organ
  • Stiff also has two uses in professional wrestling:
    • Stiff, used to describe how hard a wrestler is attacking his/her opponent
    • Also a term used when a promoter does not pay his/her wrestlers (similar to above usage regarding servers)
  • A stiff drink can be a drink with a high percentage of alcohol.


 

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