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stiff
verb- to cheat someone; to rob someone; to refuse to pay someone US, 1950
- But if she doesn’t turn in a tip for every hat, she loses her job on grounds she swiped the money or she is so stupid or icky that she gets stiffed. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 282, 1951
- She stayed in the cab, what’s she gonna do? But she stiffed me. A real skunk. — Taxi Driver, 1976
- We’re stiffin’ people left an’ right an’ I’m stiffin’ him an’ out there I just know there’s people about to stiff us. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 87, 1997
- “How about the guy you clocked [hit]?” “He tried to stiff me.[”] — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 94, 2001
- to extort from someone UK
- Every time the old man’s on the phone, stiff him for all you can get. I’ll bet that’s what she’s telling them. — Roger Busby, Garvey’s Code, 1978
- to kill someone UK
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- to fail miserably US
- “So you made it and it stiffed,” Tommy said. “So? Make another one.” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 4, 1996
- (of a male) to have sex UK
Used in both the passive and active forms. - — G.F. Newman, The Guvnor, 1977
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