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stuff

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noun

ˈstəf How to pronounce stuff (audio)
1
: materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: such as
a
obsolete : military baggage
b
: personal property
2
: material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction
clear half-inch pine stuff Emily Holt
3
: a finished textile suitable for clothing
especially : wool or worsted material
4
a
: literary or artistic production
b
: writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value : trash
5
a
: an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter
volcanic rock is curious stuff
b
: something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans
c
: a matter to be considered
the truth was heady stuff
long-term policy stuff
d
: a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles
pick that stuff up off the floor
also : nonphysical unspecified material
conservation and … all kinds of good stuff Eric Korn
6
a
: fundamental material : substance
the stuff of greatness
b
: subject matter
a teacher who knows her stuff
7
: special knowledge or capability
showing their stuff
8
a
: spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course
b
: the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight : the liveliness of a pitch
greatest pitcher of my time … had tremendous stuff Ted Williams
9
: dunk shot
stuffless adjective

stuff

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verb

stuffed; stuffing; stuffs

transitive verb

1
a
: to fill by packing things in : cram
the boy stuffed his pockets with candy
b
: to fill to satiety : surfeit
stuffed themselves with turkey
c
: to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing
d
: to fill (something, such as a cushion) with a soft material
e
: to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting
2
a
: to fill by intellectual effort
stuffing their heads with facts
b
: to pack full of something immaterial
a book stuffed with information
3
: to fill or block up (something, such as nasal passages)
4
a
: to cause to enter or fill : thrust
stuffed a lot of clothing into a laundry bag
b
: to put (a ball, a puck, etc.) into a goal forcefully from close range
5
—used in the imperative to express contempt
if they didn't like it, stuff 'em Eric Clapton
—often used in the phrases stuff it and get stuffed
6
: to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game
stuffed the runner just short of a first down

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun She got out the cooking stuff to bake some cookies. computers, word processors, and stuff like that I need a place to store my stuff. Pick that stuff up off the floor. Verb The boy stuffed his pockets with candy. She stuffed the laundry bag full. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Merely going through the stuff — photos, paintings, TV interviews, concert footage — took two years, Morgen says. Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 Especially with the stuff that ended up making Strachan a fixture on the inactive list as a rookie. The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2022 There’s just the right amount of stuff going on, but never too much. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022 So, that's the kind of stuff that works for her, if not for the planet. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 Sep. 2022 Your mucus becomes a problem when there’s too much or too little of the stuff. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 Better time travel and warn Eric circa 1986 to study up on a wider range of stuff, because in the modern NBA, the board room is right up there with the locker room. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 HBO Max launched in 2020, it was designed to be the streaming home for everything Warner Bros., DC and HBO, with plenty of stuff for the kids to watch, too. Frank Pallotta, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 The stylist sent me home with three tiny vials of the stuff to use periodically. Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 26 Aug. 2022
Verb
Simply stuff a sock down the front of your BRADY Brand underwear. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 But if time is on your side, stuff them with all your favorite vegetables and proteins for a colorful, versatile bite. Jess Eng, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Throughout this period, contestants also stuff themselves with food in an effort to build valuable fat stores. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 June 2022 The large version is wide enough to carry a 15-inch laptop — or better yet, to stuff with an extra pair of shoes on your next trip. Kristin Corpuz, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 Outside the vaccination tent, volunteers passed out 1,200 Adidas backpacks that families were able to stuff with notebooks, pink erasers, highlighters, crayons, calculators and other school essentials. Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Use the knife to carefully pry apart the pieces enough to stuff the butter between the slices. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 Only this attempt to stuff the deplorables back in the basket has arrived too late. Elle Hardy, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 Undoing that work in order to stuff a few little bits of fabric into some throw pillows just isn’t cost-effective, and used bras are mostly undesirable on the secondhand market. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English stuff, stuffe "military supplies, provisions, household goods, building material, fabric, filling of a pastry," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffe "provision, stock," noun derivative of estuffer, estoffer "to furnish (with supplies, arms), fill" — more at stuff entry 2

Verb

Middle English stuffen, stoffen "to furnish, equip (with arms, provisions), fill, cram full," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffer, estoffer (also continental Old French), probably borrowed from Old High German stophōn "put (something into something), cram full," going back to West Germanic *stoppōjan-, whence also Old English -stoppian, in forstoppian "to stop up, close completely" — more at stop entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of stuff was in the 14th century

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