ALL meanings of stuff
stuff
S s - noun stuff unimportant things 1
- transitive verb stuff cram 1
- transitive verb stuff use as plug 1
- transitive verb stuff cast false votes 1
- transitive verb stuff cooking: fill with sth savoury 1
- transitive verb stuff embalm: animal 1
- noun stuff the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff. 1
- noun stuff material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building. 1
- noun stuff material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff. 1
- noun stuff Chiefly British. woven material or fabric, especially wool. 1
- noun stuff property, as personal belongings or equipment; things. 1
- noun stuff something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine. 1
- noun stuff inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one. 1
- noun stuff Informal. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff. 1
- noun stuff worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet. Synonyms: junk, debris, litter; refuse, waste, rubbish, trash. 1
- noun stuff worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense. Synonyms: blather, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash. 1
- noun stuff Sports. Baseball. the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the tougher hitters in the lineup. spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff. 1
- noun stuff Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances: Bach composed some splendid stuff. 1
- noun stuff Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff. 1
- noun stuff Slang. any kind of drug, especially an illicit one. 1
- noun stuff Also called stock. Papermaking. refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill (a receptacle), especially by packing the contents closely together; cram full. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter. 1
- verb with object stuff to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display. 1
- verb with object stuff to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). 1
- verb with object stuff to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like. Synonyms: jam, compress, press, ram; stow. 1
- verb with object stuff to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together. 1
- verb with object stuff to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons. 1
- verb with object stuff to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc. 1
- verb with object stuff (in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other ingredients. 1
- verb with object stuff to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually followed by up). Synonyms: clog, obstruct. 1
- verb without object stuff to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge. 1
- noun stuff things 1
- noun stuff belongings 1
- abbreviation STUFF substance 1
- uncountable noun stuff You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing itself by name. 0
- verb stuff If you stuff something somewhere, you push it there quickly and roughly. 0
- verb stuff If you stuff a container or space with something, you fill it with something or with a quantity of things until it is full. 0
- verb stuff If you stuff yourself, you eat a lot of food. 0
- verb stuff If you stuff a bird such as a chicken or a vegetable such as a pepper, you put a mixture of food inside it before cooking it. 0
- verb stuff If a dead animal is stuffed, it is filled with a substance so that it can be preserved and displayed. 0
- singular noun stuff If you say that one thing is the stuff of another, you mean that the first thing is a very important feature or characteristic of the second thing, or that the second thing can be based or built on the first thing. 0
- exclamation stuff If you are angry with someone for something that they have said or done, you might say 'Get stuffed!' to them. 0
- verb stuff Stuff is used in front of nouns to emphasize that you do not care about something, or do not want it. 0
- verb stuff to pack or fill completely; cram 0
- verb stuff to eat large quantities 0
- verb stuff to force, shove, or squeeze 0