stuff

A2
Pronunciation
/stʌf/
/stʌf/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Example Sentences
  • What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?  He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
2 Definition

Unspecified things or matters.

Example Sentences
  • I had to do some stuff.
3 Definition

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

Synonyms
matter
4 Definition

A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.

5 Definition

Boards used for building.

6 Definition

Abstract substance or character.

7 Definition

Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

Synonyms
doodad thingamabob
Example Sentences
  • Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
8 Definition

Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.

Synonyms
dope gear
9 Definition

Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

10 Definition

A medicine or mixture; a potion.

11 Definition

Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.

Synonyms
garbage rubbish
12 Definition

A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

13 Definition

Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.

14 Definition

Money.

Verb
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

Example Sentences
  • I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
2 Definition

To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.

Example Sentences
  • He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
3 Definition

To fill with seasoning.

Example Sentences
  • She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
4 Definition

To load goods into (a container) for transport.

5 Definition

(used in the passive) To sate.

Example Sentences
  • I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
6 Definition

(pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.

Synonyms
feed one's face fill one's face stuff one's face
Example Sentences
  • She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
7 Definition

To break; to destroy.

Example Sentences
  • He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
8 Definition

To sexually penetrate.

Synonyms
fuck root screw
Example Sentences
  • His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
9 Definition

(mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.

Example Sentences
  • Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
10 Definition

To heavily defeat or get the better of.

Example Sentences
  • Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final.
11 Definition

To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.

Example Sentences
  • I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
12 Definition

To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

13 Definition

To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.

14 Definition

To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.

15 Definition

To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.

16 Definition

To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.