stiff

1. AND stiffed mod. alcohol intoxicated; dead drunk.

□ Kelly was too stiff to find his keys.

□ She knows how to stop drinking before she gets stiff.

2. n. a drunkard.

□ Some stiff staggered by—belching clouds of some beery smell.

□ The guy’s a stiff, and you want to run him for mayor? Even in this town that’s going too far.

3. mod. dead. (Originally underworld.)

□ He’s stiff. There’s nothing that can be done.

□ Yeah, he’s stiff. Don’t hit him no more.

4.

n. a corpse. (Underworld.)

□ They pulled another stiff out of the river last night. Looks like another mob killing.

□ They took me into a room full of stiffs to identify Rocko’s bod.

5. n. a fellow worker; a fellow tramp. (Originally hobos.)

□ He’s just another working stiff like me.

□ This stiff wants some help finding a flop for the night.

6. tv. to fail to tip someone who expects it.

□ Ya know, you can tell right away when a guy’s gonna stiff you— ya just know.

□ I guess I get stiffed two— three times a day.

7. tv. to cheat someone.

□ The clown selling hot dogs stiffed me for about forty cents. D I really got stiffed on that deal. Look at this cheap junk.