stuff (stʌf
)
Definitions
verb (mainly tr)
- to pack or fill completely; cram
- (intr) to eat large quantities
- to force, shove, or squeeze ⇒
to stuff money into a pocket
- to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
- to fill (an animal's skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
- slang to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
- tanning to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
- US Canadian to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
- (in marine transport) to pack (a container) See also stuffing and stripping
- slang to ruin, frustrate, or defeat
noun
- the raw material or fabric of something
- woollen cloth or fabric
- any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
- stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc
- subject matter, skill, etc ⇒
he knows his stuff
- a slang word for money
- slang a drug, esp cannabis
- British slang a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff)
- See do one's stuff
- See that's the stuff
Alternative Forms
ˈstuffer nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French estoffe, from estoffer to furnish, provide, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stopfen to cram fullSynonyms
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things,
gear,
possessions,
effects,
materials,
equipment,
objects,
tackle,
kit,
junk,
luggage,
belongings,
trappings,
bits and pieces,
paraphernalia,
clobber,
impedimenta,
goods and chattels,
Translations
- British English:
stuff
You can use stuff to refer to things in a general way, without mentioning the things themselves by name.Don't tell me you still believe in all that stuff!stʌf NOUN Don't tell me you still believe in all that stuff!
- Spanish:
cosas
npl
- French:
trucs
nm_pl
- German:
Stoff
nm
- Chinese: 物件 n
- Arabic: أَشْيَاء npl
- Portuguese: coisas npl
- Russian: материал nm
- Croatian: stvari npl
- Czech: věc nf
- Danish: sager npl
- Dutch: spul nnt
- Finnish: aine n
- Greek: πράγματα npl
- Italian: roba nf
- Japanese: もの n
- Korean: 물질 n
- Norwegian: saker og ting npl
- Polish: rzeczy npl
- Brazilian Portuguese: coisas nf pl
- European Spanish:
bártulos
npl
- Swedish: saker npl
- Thai: สิ่งต่างๆ n
- Turkish: madde n
- Vietnamese: chất liệu n
Usage examples
I went into the study and opened up the drawer in the desk with all Marianne's stuff in it.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)Fortunately he was quick enough to save the sail and managed to stuff it down the hatch before pulling out a new one.
Yachting Boating World (2004)RQ: I would like to teach, do that kind of thing - architecture, housing, planning, that sort of stuff.
Irish Times (2002)And went on:'Really insane and sick and twisted stuff was going on.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Their objective was presumably to transmit facts, information about technical subjects of relevance to the job we were to do, useful stuff.
, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)