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Stuff

noun
/stʌf/
Word Frequency: 17.5

Definitions

1.nounMiscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
"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.nounUnspecified things or matters.
"I had to do some stuff."
3.nounThe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
4.nounA material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
5.nounBoards used for building.
6.nounAbstract substance or character.
7.nounUsed as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
"Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?"
8.nounNarcotic drugs, especially heroin.
9.nounFurniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
10.nounA medicine or mixture; a potion.
11.nounRefuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
12.nounA melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
13.nounPaper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
14.nounMoney.
15.verbTo fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
"I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers."
16.verbTo fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
"He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door."
17.verbTo fill with seasoning.
"She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe."
18.verbTo load goods into (a container) for transport.
19.verb(used in the passive) To sate.
"I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing."
20.verb(pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
"She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns."
21.verbTo break; to destroy.
"He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car."
22.verbTo sexually penetrate.
"His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid."
23.verb(mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
"Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like."
24.verbTo heavily defeat or get the better of.
"Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final."
25.verbTo cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
"I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash."
26.verbTo preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
27.verbTo obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
28.verbTo form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
29.verbTo crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
30.verbTo compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.

Synonyms

doodadthingamabobdopegeargarbagerubbishmatterfeed one's facefill one's facestuff one's facefuckroot

Rhymes With

puffchuffgruffroughbufftoughsloughbluff
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