as stiff as a poker
1stiff as a poker — Something or someone that is stiff as a poker is inflexible. ( Stiff as a board is also used.) …
2as stiff as a poker — very stiff, rigid, unbending …
3poker — 1. n. a stiff metal rod with a handle for stirring an open fire. Phrases and idioms: poker work 1 the technique of burning designs on white wood etc. with a heated metal rod. 2 a design made in this way. 2. n. a card game in which bluff is used… …
4poker spine — noun : a stiff spinal column resulting from rheumatoid arthritis * * * poker spine, = poker back. (Cf. ↑poker back) …
5Glossary of poker terms — The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the Glossary of card terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal …
6firm — firm1 firmly, adv. firmness, n. /ferrm/, adj., firmer, firmest, v., adv., firmer, firmest. adj. 1. not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture …
7Hardness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hardness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hardness hardness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rigidity rigidity Sgm: N 1 renitence renitence renitency Sgm: N 1 inflexibility inflexibility temper callosity …
8stark — adj 1. sheer, utter, downright, absolute, unqualified, unmitigated, arrant, thorough, pure, perfect; complete, entire, out and out, outright, total, veritable, unconditional; rank, gross, glaring, flagrant, conspicuous; clear, evident, patent,… …
9inelastic — adj 1. inflexible, unflexible, unbendable, unpliant, irresilient, inductile, flaccid, flabby; stiff, rigid, hard, unyielding, unretractable; firm, tense, unmalleable, unlimber, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. out of condition. 2. unadaptable,… …
10inflexible — adj 1. rigid, stiff, unbendable, unad justable, hard, unyielding, unretractable; firm, tense, unmalleable, unlimber, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. out of condition. 2. immovable, Inf. hard as nails, Inf. stiff as a ramrod; unadaptable,… …
