bait vs stiff

bait

adj
  • Obvious; blatant. 

  • Well-known; famous; renowned. 

verb
  • To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass. 

  • (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey. 

  • To attract with bait; to entice. 

  • (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey. 

  • To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport. 

  • To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line. 

noun
  • Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. 

  • A light or hasty luncheon. 

  • A packed lunch. 

  • A post intended to get a rise out of others. 

  • Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something 

  • A small meal taken mid-morning while farming. 

  • Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. 

  • A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. 

  • A miner's packed meal. 

stiff

adj
  • Potent. 

  • Of a shot: landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot. 

  • Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent. 

  • Dead, deceased. 

  • Erect. 

  • Inflexible; rigid. 

  • Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own. 

  • Formal in behavior; unrelaxed. 

  • Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible. 

  • Harsh, severe. 

  • Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise. 

  • Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir. 

  • Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small. 

  • Keeping upright. 

noun
  • Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card. 

  • A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill. 

  • A customer who does not leave a tip. 

  • A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. 

  • A cadaver; a dead person. 

  • Negotiable instruments, possibly forged. 

  • A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate. 

  • A flop; a commercial failure. 

  • An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education. 

verb
  • To tip ungenerously. 

  • To kill. 

  • To cheat someone 

  • To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily. 

adv
  • Of the wind, with great force; strongly. 

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