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noun
1.
the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
2.
material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building.
3.
material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff.
4.
Chiefly British. woven material or fabric, especially wool.
5.
EXPANDproperty, as personal belongings or equipment; things.
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something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
7.
inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one.
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Informal. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff.
9.
worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet. Synonyms: junk, debris, litter; refuse, waste, rubbish, trash.
10.
worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense. Synonyms: blather, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash.
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Sports.
a.
Baseball. the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the tougher hitters in the lineup.
b.
spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff.
12.
Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances: Bach composed some splendid stuff.
13.
Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff.
14.
Slang. any kind of drug, especially an illicit one.
15.
COLLAPSEAlso called stock. Papermaking. refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire.
verb (used with object)
16.
to fill (a receptacle), especially by packing the contents closely together; cram full.
17.
to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it.
18.
to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
19.
to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food.
20.
EXPANDto fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter.
21.
to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display.
22.
to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
23.
to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like. Synonyms: jam, compress, press, ram; stow.
24.
to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
25.
to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons.
26.
to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc.
27.
(in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other ingredients.
28.
COLLAPSEto stop up or plug; block or choke (usually followed by up). Synonyms: clog, obstruct.
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Stuff up
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
29.
to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) late Middle English stuffen to equip, furnish < Old French estoffer literally, to stuff < Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (see stop); (noun) Middle English < Old French estoffe, derivative of the v.
1300–50; (v.) late Middle English stuffen to equip, furnish < Old French estoffer literally, to stuff < Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (see stop); (noun) Middle English < Old French estoffe, derivative of the v.
Related forms
stuff·less, adjective
re·stuff, verb (used with object)
un·der·stuff, verb (used with object)
un·stuff, verb (used with object)
un·stuffed, adjective
EXPANDwell-stuffed, adjective
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stuff
1440, "to cram full," from stuff (n.); earlier "to furnish a fort or army with men and stores" (c.1300). The ballot-box sense is attested from 1854, Amer.Eng.; in expressions of contempt and suggestive of bodily orifices, it dates from 1952. Stuffing "seasoned mixture used
EXPANDto stuff fowls before cooking" is from 1538. Stuffed in ref. to garments, "padded with stuffing" is from 1467; hence stuffed shirt "pompous, ineffectual person" (1913).
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