stiffs
Bodies or deadbeats
Stiffs is the plural of stiff, the slang noun for a corpse.
The word extends to ordinary working people, especially ones seen as dull or unremarkable: working stiffs, poor stiffs.
A stiff can also be someone who doesn't tip or pay what they owe.
As a verb form, stiffs means shortchanges or cheats: He stiffs every server he encounters.
Body for dissection
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- deceasedNo longer living
- funeralService honoring the dead
mortuary · embalming · coffin · casket · grave · undertaker · burial · cremation
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- stubbornRefusing to change course
uncompromising · hardheaded · intransigent · dogmatic · stern · unrelenting · firm · unbending
Low in price
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- miserlyExcessively reluctant to spend
stingy · ungenerous · tight-fisted · skimping · grudging · parsimonious · closefisted · gratuity
cadaver
Body for dissection
funeral · mortuary · embalming · coffin · casket · grave · undertaker · burial · cremation · death
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
stubborn · uncompromising · hardheaded · intransigent · dogmatic · stern · unrelenting · firm · unbending · hidebound
cheap
Low in price
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- cheapskateStingy person
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
miserly · stingy · ungenerous · tight-fisted · skimping · grudging · parsimonious · closefisted · gratuity · tip jar
swindles
Deceptive theft schemes
- defraudsCheats someone of assets
- shortchangesGives back too little
- bilksCheats out of payment
fleeces · rips off · cons · scams · dupes · hoodwinks · cheats · double-crosses · suckered · hustles
stiffshigh rollers
Those who wager lavishly
big spenders · philanthropists · spendthrifts · sugar daddies · whales
stiffslive wires
Highly energetic people
dynamos · life of the party · movers and shakers · go-getters · socialites
- scared stiffImmobilized by extreme fright
- frozen stiffImmobilized by extreme cold
- stiff neckCervical muscle tightness
- bored stiffExtremely uninterested and restless
- stiff upper lipControlled emotional restraint
- stiff peakBeaten whites that stand
stiff, stiffen, stiffness, stiffened, stiffly, stiffer, stiffing, stiffest, stiffener