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Meaning of "stiffies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STIFFIES

stiffies  [ˈsɪfɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STIFFIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stiffies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STIFFIES


autobiographies
ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪz
baffies
ˈbæfɪz
bibliographies
ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfɪz
chorographies
kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪz
dittographies
dɪˈtɒɡrəfɪz
fizz
fɪz
hafiz
ˈhɑːfɪz
iconographies
ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡrəfɪz
murphies
ˈmɜːfɪz
orthographies
ɔːˈθɒɡrəfɪz
philosophies
fɪˈlɒsəfɪz
phiz
fɪz
taffies
ˈtæfɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STIFFIES

stiff
stiff arm
stiff upper lip
stiff with
stiff-arm
stiff-necked
stiffen
stiffened
stiffener
stiffening
stiffie
stiffish
stiffly
stiffness
stiffware
stiffy
stifle
stifler
stifling
stiflingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE STIFFIES

amplifies
certifies
clarifies
classifies
defies
exemplifies
identifies
intensifies
jiffies
justifies
modifies
notifies
qualifies
satisfies
signifies
simplifies
specifies
testifies
toffies
verifies

Synonyms and antonyms of stiffies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stiffies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STIFFIES

Find out the translation of stiffies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stiffies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stiffies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

stiffies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

stiffies
570 millions of speakers

English

stiffies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stiffies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

stiffies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

stiffies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stiffies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stiffies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stiffies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tegar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stiffies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

stiffies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stiffies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stiffies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stiffies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stiffies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताठपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stiffies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stiffies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stiffies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

stiffies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stiffies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stiffies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stiffies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stiffies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stiffies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stiffies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STIFFIES»

The term «stiffies» is used very little and occupies the 157.478 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STIFFIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stiffies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stiffies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stiffies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STIFFIES»

Discover the use of stiffies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stiffies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Getting Warmer
Cato was, as of half an hour ago, the Fremantle representative on the Safer Streets Task Force, or SSTF; already sniggeringly referred to as the 'Stiffies' byhis colleagues. Fremantle, Northbridge, Hillarys, Claremont and Leederville wereall  ...
Alan Carter, 2014
2
The Feel Good Body: 7 Steps to Easing Aches and Looking Great
Flippies need to use their scaffolding system to hold in the wobbly bits and release tension in their stiff bits. Ligament liability 'I'd sum it up this way,' says Anna-Louise. 'Floppies love to stretch but shouldn't. Stiffies hate stretching but should.
Anna-Louise Bouvier, Jennifer Fleming, 2010
3
Hypnic Jerks
Under the house was where they'd built their Zombie Chair. And under the house was where they stored their poisons, smoked cigarettes and cultivated stiffies, tent-poled their school shorts with stiffies ("v"). chapter iv Trust Harry to do a lovely ...
Geoff Cochrane, 2005
4
GIft With Purchase
There was something in Stiffies, all those preservatives, maybe, the additives, that had settled into the fat of the stiffs. And fuck knows these former cheese-fed Midwesterners had plenty of fat! Whatever it was, Stiffies had changed the ravens'  ...
Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, 2010
5
Tourism Distribution: Managing the Travel Intermediary
Flight discs Although seldom used, these are a set of six "stiffies" sold by South African Airways to its frequent customers. They allow the client to receive useful information on possible flights and services, so that booking is made easier.
Berendien Lubbe, 2000
6
Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa
As with Piper and Kewpie, Bobby had an authoritative father and a mother who seems to have been very supportive of her son: there is a definite fondness in his memories of her 'ironing my stiffies' — stiffies being the nylon petticoats, like ...
Edwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser, 2013
7
The Manhattan
I dare say, though, that they are those horrid Boston 'stiffies,' " remarks Dorothy, regarding the approaching gentlemen with a critical eye. " New York and Western and Southern people can come by the Boston route Dorothy." " Oh, yes, I know ...
‎1884
8
Happily Ever After
'You know, my company has developed some very important treatments for diabetes and heart disease. Ask your brother how well he could do his job without these pills.' 'Spoken by the girl who sells a drug to give old men stiffies.' Touché.
Benison Anne O'Reilly, 2012
9
True counsel
'We did it with our stiffies. We still do!' 'Our stiffies?' 'Our erections,' Chigum explained, with excitement. 'They're the tool we've oppressed women with. We're oppressing them now with our stiffies and ruining ourselves to boot.' He looked ...
Gerald Paul James McGinley, 1997
10
Real Folks
It's horrid to go to school with all •hose stiffies, that don't care a snap for you, and only laugh." " Laughing is vulgar," said Agatha. If any indirect question were ever thrown upon the family pcsit'.on, Agatha immediately began expounding the ...
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, 1899

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STIFFIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stiffies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bloxers Claim To Be The New Boxers That Will Conceal Your Boners
A new Indiegogo campaign out of Washington, D.C. is currently raising funds for a product called "Bloxers," which help to stifle stiffies. The cotton boxers are like ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
How the ANC sent encrypted messages in the fight against apartheid
For this they used 1.44MB floppy disks (stiffies), which were filled with random data that could be used to encrypt and decrypt messages. When a message was ... «MyBroadband, Jul 15»
3
Karl Ove Knausgaard in his late teenage years
The 18-year-old Karl Ove calls people “prats” and “wimps”; he “snogs” or “smooches” girls, and is constantly beset by inappropriate “stiffies”. He doesn't get ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
4
How to organise a cool cocktail party
Stiffies at the ready. Send out a save-the-date email a few weeks in advance, and mention that posted invitations will follow. Chase up RSVPs a week after the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
5
MPs urge UK.gov to use 1950s obscenity law to stifle online stiffies
MPs want Britain's network-level filters to do a better job of censoring access to pornography sites to keep the content away from the prying eyes of children. «Register, Mar 14»
6
Downton Abbey porn parody Down on Abby gets trailer - watch
We discover that the Grabhems have decided to invite their good friends the Stiffies to dinner. Staff members of Bottomley Manor, including Butler Smallcock and ... «Digital Spy UK, Mar 14»
7
The Stiffys Warm Up For New EP With Exercise Video
“We used to just sing about stiffies but we've sort of outgrown that – we've matured as artists,” says bass player Jason Leigh of the new release, which is slated ... «Music Feeds, Mar 14»
8
Meat Loaf finally explains what he won't do for love
I also remember a lot of 14 year-old girls getting their first kisses and a lot of 14 year-old boys getting their first stiffies. (Well, I only heard about that later.) Anyway ... «Fair Lady, Feb 14»
9
Porn to Be Wild: How the World Gets its Rocks Off
Searching for Internet Porn isn't just the US national past time. NSFW search site PornMD has detailed how people the world over get their stiffies. FYI: Kentucky ... «eSarcasm, Mar 13»
10
Justified recap: Truth and Consequences
Marshal stiffies all around! Art was hoping to get the warrant unsealed by the end of the day. “If my stiffy lasts much longer, I'm going to have to consult my ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jan 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Stiffies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stiffies>. Apr 2024 ».
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