stuff
noun
1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Similar word(s): material
Definition categories: substance
2. miscellaneous unspecified objects
- the trunk was full of stuff
Definition categories: man–made, object
3. informal terms for personal possessions
Similar word(s): clobber
Definition categories: possession, personalty
4. senseless talk
- don't give me that stuff
Similar word(s): hooey, poppycock
Definition categories: communication, bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
5. unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- the stuff of heros
- you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine
Definition categories: attribute, quality
6. information in some unspecified form
- it was stuff I had heard before
- there's good stuff in that book
Definition categories: communication, info, information
7. a critically important or characteristic component
- suspense is the very stuff of narrative
Definition categories: thought, center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum
Sentences with stuff as a noun:
- 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.
- Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
- I had to do some stuff.
verb
1. cram into a cavity
- The child stuffed candy into his pockets
Definition categories: contact, cram
2. press or force
- Stuff money into an envelope
Similar word(s): shove, squeeze, thrust
Definition categories: motion, force, push
3. obstruct
- My nose is all stuffed
Definition categories: contact, choke, clog, congest, foul
4. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
Similar word(s): binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, satiate
Definition categories: consumption, eat
5. treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- stuff a bearskin
Definition categories: change, impregnate, saturate
6. fill tightly with a material
- stuff a pillow with feathers
Definition categories: change, fill
7. fill with a stuffing while cooking
- Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
Similar word(s): farce
Definition categories: change, fill
Sentences with stuff as a verb:
- She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe.
- He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
- I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
- I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.