to stiff

Examples

• All

• We just got stiffed.

  Marvelous and the Black Hole (2022)

• What, do you think I'm gonna try and stiff you?

  Midnight Run (1988)

• - What, did he stiff you?

  Waiting... (2005)

• - I thought you were gonna stiff me.

  Cast Away (2000)

• Was she going to try and stiff him out of his big fee?

  Fiction book (1993)

• And we got stiffed for all our work.

  Behind the Burly Q (2010)

• You're going to stiff me, huh?

  Alpha Dog (2006)

• And he stiffed the girl.

  Runaway (1984)

• Have I ever stiffed you one time, Jimmy?

  Snake Eyes (1998)

• Donald Trump stiffed the USA Freedom kids.

  Late Night with Seth Meyers

Synonyms

S

to short

vsto stiff

• US

8 8.8

Give someone less money than they are owed

refuses to pay the money owed at all

W

to welsh

vsto stiff

• Offensive

5 9.5

To fail to pay a debt or keep a promise after an agreement

applies to any unpaid money, not only after agreements or bets

S

to short-change

vsto stiff

• Informal

5 7.0

Give someone less money than they should get

refuses to pay the money owed at all

W

to welcher

vsto stiff

• Offensive

9.9

To refuse to pay money you owe after losing a bet

applies to any unpaid money, not only after agreements or bets

S

to scunge on the bill

vsto stiff

• Slang

9.9

To avoid paying your share of a bill secretly

is used for not paying any money owed, not only splitting bills

Antonyms

P

to pay

∞ 1.0

To give money for something you buy or owe

S

to settle

140 3.4

To pay money you owe

Idioms

S

stiff upper lip

9 7.7

Ability to stay calm and not show feelings in hard times

Compounds

S

stiff-backed

1 6.9

Being very straight and tense in the way a person sits or a chair supports you

S

stiff aster

• Specialized

9.6

A plant with upright rough stems, narrow leaves, and large purple flowers that lives for many years

S

stiff-branched

7.1

A plant with firm branches that do not bend easily

S

stiff gentian

• Specialized

9.9

A plant with clusters of small bristly blue flowers native to eastern North America

S

stiff-tailed

8.4

An animal with a tail that stays straight and does not bend

How Fair

to pay

∞ 1.0

to underpay

3 3.8

to stiff

• Informal

46 8.4

cheat

15 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology