stiff
12
8.0
- noun
- /stɪf/
- Informal
:
tipo
- We're two working stiffs on our way to a bar.
- working stiffs
- a bunch of stiffs
- lucky stiffs
These these low ratings are a victory for all of us working stiffs.
- These these low ratings are a victory for all of us working stiffs.
- The working stiffs and defense analysts and swamp love the product that we had, but upper management said no.
Examples
-
God bless the working stiffs!
-
Most pensions for police and firemen are far above what the average working stiff receives.
Blog text (29) -
They get a big kick reading in the paper... where some poor stiff gets taken for a ride.
-
Are you stuck in an office all day with the same stiffs day in and day out?
Blog text (19) -
Look at these working stiffs.
-
Fewer sales, so fewer employees are needed to make "stuff" and fewer working stiffs are paying into the system.
Blog text (33) -
Obviously, the worst part is that these are working-class stiffs like most of us.
Blog text (9) -
The working stiffs will be leaving soon to catch the 9:31 to Syosset.
-
Hartley's houses were mostly wood-frame bungalows built for working stiffs like Bernard Mittelman, returning veterans eligible for home loans on the G.I. Bill.
Fiction book (2002) -
As a couple of working stiffs, they always look forward to Friday after a long week.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant with upright rough stems, narrow leaves, and large purple flowers that lives for many years
- Specialized
A plant with clusters of small bristly blue flowers native to eastern North America
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun stiff meaning an ordinary person comes from old slang where stiff simply meant 'a person' (you still hear 'lucky stiff'). So a stiff here is just a regular, often unlucky, person.