stiffing

Verb

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

1. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
   • He stiffed me on the tip.
2. To cheat someone.
   • You see, poor Nonie really was stiffed by Adolph in his will. He really stiffed her, Rose, and I really wanted to right that wrong.1992, Stephen Birmingham, Shades of Fortune, page 451
3. To tip ungenerously.
   • Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip.2007, Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before, page 154
4. (slang) To kill.
   • But you know it could be a hassle / Trying to explain myself to a police officer / About how it was your old lady got herself stiffed1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle
5. (informal) To be unsuccessful.
   • "Come To Me" moved but a few to buy a copy; "My Queen" stiffed in the stall.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 18

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