stuff

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Synonyms: stiff, snuff, staff, scuff, sluff, tuff, stufa, stuf, suff, stuft, stff

Antonyms: stiff, snuff, staff, scuff, sluff, tuff, stufa, stuf, suff, stuft, stff

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Noun

1. Miscellaneous 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. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
3. Unspecified things or matters.
   • I had to do some stuff.
4. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
5. A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
6. Boards used for building.
7. Abstract/figurative substance or character.
8. Pulp; paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
9. Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
   • Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
10. Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
11. A medicine or mixture; a potion.
12. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
    • Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!
13. A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
14. Money.

Verb

1. To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
   • I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
2. To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
   • He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
3. To fill with seasoning.
   • She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
4. To load goods into (a container) for transport.
5. To sate.
   • I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
6. To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
   • She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
7. To break; to destroy.
   • He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
8. To sexually penetrate.
   • His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
9. Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
   • Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
10. To heavily defeat or get the better of.
    • Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7–0 in the semi-final.
    • They totally stuffed us in that business deal.
11. To 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.
12. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
13. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
14. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
15. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
16. To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.

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