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stiffed up

stiffed up is the simple past and past participle of stiff up.

Meaning of stiff up

Verb

stiff up (third-person singular simple present stiffs up, present participle stiffing up, simple past and past participle stiffed up)

  1. (French polishing) To apply rubber without oil as part of the French polishing process.
  2. (transitive) Synonym of stiffen up.
    Synonyms:
    stiffen up

Questions about stiffed up

What is stiffed up the simple past and past participle of?
Stiffed up is the simple past and past participle of stiff up.

Words near stiffed up in the dictionary

  1. stiff-upper-lipped
  2. stiff-upper-lippery
  3. stiff-upper-lippy
  4. stiffe
  5. stiffed
  6. stiffed up
  7. stiffen
  8. stiffen up
  9. stiffened
  10. stiffened up
  11. stiffener

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