Stiff may refer to: * Stiff, a human

corpse A cadaver, often known as a corpse, is a dead human body. Cadavers are used by medical students, physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a li ...

Stiffness Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force. The complementary concept is flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is. Calculations The stiffness, k, of a ...

, a material's resistance to bending *

Joint stiffness Joint stiffness may be either the symptom of pain on moving a joint, the symptom of loss of range of motion or the physical sign of reduced range of motion. * Pain on movement is commonly caused by osteoarthritis, often in quite minor degrees, ...

, pain and/or reduced range of motion of body parts in humans and animals

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* Jimmy Stiff, former member of American rock band

Jackyl Jackyl is an American rock band formed in 1991. Their sound has been described as hair metal and southern rock. Their self-titled debut album has sold more than a million copies in the United States with hit singles like "Down on Me" and "Wh ...

Seattle's True Independent Film Festival (STIFF) Seattle True Independent Film Festival (STIFF, 2005–2019) was started in 2005 by a group of filmmakers whose feature film Swamper was rejected by the Seattle International Film Festival. STIFF was modeled after the Slamdance Film Festival in Par ...

, an annual event 2005–2019 * ''Stiff'' (album), a 2016 album by White Denim * ''Stiff'' (novel), a 1994 novel by Shane Maloney in his Murray Whelan series ** ''Stiff'' (film), an Australian TV movie based on the novel *

Stiff (professional wrestling) Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of Traveling carnival, carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such term ...

, how a wrestler attacks an opponent * "Stiff" (''Gimme Gimme Gimme''), a 2000 television episode * '' Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers'', a 2003 nonfiction book by Mary Roach *

Stiff Records Stiff Records is a British independent record label formed in London by Dave Robinson (music executive), Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera. Originally active from 1976 to 1986, the label was reactivated in 2007. Established at the outset of the p ...

, a British record label

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See also