1. (noun)
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
"coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
2. (noun)
stuff
miscellaneous unspecified objects
"the trunk was full of stuff"
3. (noun)
stuff, clobber
informal terms for personal possessions
"did you take all your clobber?"
4. (noun)
stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock
senseless talk
"don't give me that stuff"
5. (noun)
stuff
unspecified qualities required to do or be something
"the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine"
6. (noun)
stuff
information in some unspecified form
"it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
7. (noun)
stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
"suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
8. (verb)
stuff
cram into a cavity
"The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
9. (verb)
thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze
press or force
"Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
10. (verb)
stuff, lug, choke up, block
obstruct
"My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
11. (verb)
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
"She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
12. (verb)
stuff
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
"stuff a bearskin"
13. (verb)
stuff
fill tightly with a material
"stuff a pillow with feathers"
14. (verb)
farce, stuff
fill with a stuffing while cooking
"Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
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Definition of 'stuff'
