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stiffy

/ˈstɪfi/

stiffy noun: an erection of the penis.

Noun

stiffy (plural stiffies)

  1. (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
    • Fred's got a bulge in his pants — you can tell that he's got a stiffy.
    Synonyms:
    woody
  2. (South Africa) A computer floppy disk of the kind supplied in a stiff plastic outer shell.
    • Never leave home without a spare stiffy disc in your bag.
    Synonyms:
    stiffy disc
  3. (slang) An extended magazine of a gun.
    • Oh you know I like to mac
      When they don’t talk back
      I'll be there in a jiffy with a stiffy2014 October 7, Electric Six, “Alone With Your Body”, in Human Zoo
    • Niggas iffy, uh, blicky got the stiffy, uh2017 November 4, Lil Glowstick, “Gummo”
  4. A rigidly conformative person; a square or goody-goody.

Synonyms of stiffy

Forms of stiffy

pluralstiffies

Origin of stiffy

From stiff + -y.

Words that rhyme with stiffy

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Questions about stiffy

What does stiffy mean?
Stiffy means an erection of the penis.
What part of speech is stiffy?
Stiffy is a noun.
How do you pronounce stiffy?
Stiffy is pronounced /ˈstɪfi/.
What is the plural of stiffy?
The plural of stiffy is stiffies.

Words near stiffy in the dictionary

  1. stiffship
  2. stiffships
  3. stifftail
  4. stifftails
  5. stiffware
  6. stiffy
  7. stifle
  8. stifled
  9. stifledly
  10. stifler
  11. stiflers

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