[
  {
    "word": "stiff",
    "phonetic": "/st\u026af/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/st\u026af/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/stiff-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1194270",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A cadaver; a dead person.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A flop; a commercial failure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cheat someone",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tip ungenerously",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Harsh, severe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Potent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Dead, deceased.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a penis) Erect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "beat the egg whites until they are stiff"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Keeping upright.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stiff"
    ]
  }
]