Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
- noun The essential substance or elements; essence.
- noun Unspecified material.
- noun Household or personal articles considered as a group.
- noun Worthless objects.
- noun Slang Specific talk or actions.
- noun The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
- noun The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball.
- noun Basketball A dunk shot.
- noun Special capability.
- noun Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
- noun Slang Money; cash.
- noun Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
- intransitive verb To pack (a container) tightly; cram.
- intransitive verb To block (a passage); plug.
- intransitive verb Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
- intransitive verb To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust.
- intransitive verb Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
- intransitive verb Basketball To dunk (the ball).
- intransitive verb To fill with an appropriate stuffing.
- intransitive verb To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
- intransitive verb To cram with food.
- intransitive verb To fill (the mind).
- intransitive verb To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
- intransitive verb To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
- intransitive verb To overeat; gorge.
- idiom (stuff it) Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
- idiom (stuff (one's) face) To eat greedily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill with any kind of stuff or loose material; cram full; load to excess; crowd with something: as, to
stuff the ears with cotton. - Specifically, to fill with stuffing or packing; cram the cavity of with material suitable for the special use or occasion: as, to
stuff a cushion or a bedtick; to stuff a turkey or a leg of veal for roasting. - To cause to appear stuffed; puff or swell out; distend.
- To fill the prepared skin of (an animal), for the purpose of restoring and preserving its natural form and appearance: the process includes wiring and mounting. See
taxidermy and stuffing, n., 3. - Figuratively, to fill, cram, or crowd with something of an immaterial nature: as, to
stuff a poem with mawkish sentiment. - To use as stuffing or filling; dispose of by crowding, cramming, or packing.
- To constitute a filling for: be crowded into; occupy so as to fill completely.
- To apply stuff to; treat with stuff, in some technical sense. See
stuff , n., 4 . - To stock or supply; provide with a quota or outfit; furnish; replenish.
- To deceive with humorous intent; gull.
- To eat greedily; play the glutton.
- noun Substance or material in some definite state, form, or situation; any particular kind, mass, or aggregation of matter or things; material in some distinct or limited sense, whether raw, or wrought or to be wrought into form.
- noun Incorporeal or psychical substance of some special kind; that which arises from or constitutes mind, character, or quality; any immaterial effluence, influence, principle, or essence. See
mind-stuff . - noun Goods; possessions in a general sense; baggage: now chiefly in the phrase household stuff.
- noun Something made up, or prepared or designed, for some specific use.
- noun A preparation of any kind to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
- noun Ready money; cash; means in general.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ai fink he stuffffffffed dat udder kitteh inna bawks *stuff stuff stuff* an iz clowzin eet up *pat pat pat* so tu send eet bak tu teh store…. him sez: Nu kitteh?
come on… take a coke - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Well, if you don't remember I going to say something about, since the last months and year I feel really unhappy of the type of draws that I made and I begin to delete all the stuff that I have in this account and upload new stuff~ She was one of my old favourites drawing, and I decide to made her again cuz I love her outfit * w*!!!
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I felt like throwing the plate against the wall * i break stuff when im angry and i throw stuff* i felt like strangling Bu Tootee and the woman.
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It’s not that I didn’t like that post, it’s just that I can get this stuff off of The View, or Tyra Banks etc., whereas I can’t get enough of your other ’stuff’ that I find enjoyable and down to earth any other place but here!
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We started off with nachos (the creamy-lookin stuff is cashew cheez):
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Still winning all those contests with the Lead Without a Title stuff we threw at you all those years ago?
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"The Palin stuff is not aimed at the Hillary 10, it's at the other 52."
When Thinking Palin, Don’t Think Hillary Voters - Swampland - TIME.com
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The attorneys blinked at the use of the word stuff to describe masterworks of the quality of the Degas they were empowered to protect.
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The attorneys blinked at the use of the word stuff to describe masterworks of the quality of the Degas they were empowered to protect.
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fbharjo commented on the word stuff
He's got his stuff, for instance
November 17, 2008