stuffing

worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense. Synonyms: blather, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash.

11.

Sports.

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.

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.

Also 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.

to 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.

to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually followed by up ). Synonyms: clog, obstruct.

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.

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

well-stuffed, adjective

Synonym Study
1, 2, 3. See matter.

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World English Dictionary

stuff (stʌf)

—vb
1.	to pack or fill completely; cram
2.	(intr) to eat large quantities
3.	to force, shove, or squeeze: to stuff money into a pocket
4.	to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
5.	to fill (an animal's skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
6.	slang to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
7.	tanning to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
8.	(US), (Canadian) to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
9.	See also stuffing and stripping (in marine transport) to pack (a container)
10.	slang to ruin, frustrate, or defeat

—n
11.	the raw material or fabric of something
12.	woollen cloth or fabric
13.	any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
14.	stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc
15.	subject matter, skill, etc: he knows his stuff
16.	a slang word for money
17.	slang a drug, esp cannabis
18.	slang (Brit) a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff)
19.	informal do one's stuff to do what is expected of one
20.	that's the stuff that is what is needed

[C14: from Old French estoffe, from estoffer to furnish, provide, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stopfen to cram full]

usage Sense 6 of this word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use

'stuffer

—n

stuffing (ˈstʌfɪŋ)

—n
1.	the material with which something is stuffed
2.	a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking
3.	knock the stuffing out of someone to upset or dishearten someone completely

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Word Origin & History

stuff

early 14c., "quilted material worn under chain mail," from O.Fr. estoffe "quilted material, furniture, provisions" (Fr. étoffe), from estoffer "to equip or stock," probably from O.H.G. stopfon "to plug, stuff," or from a related Frankish word (see stop). Sense extended

to material for working with in various trades (c.1400), then (1570s) "matter of an unspecified kind." Meaning "narcotic, dope, drug" is attested from 1929. To know (one's) stuff "have a grasp on a subject" is recorded from 1927. stuffy "poorly ventilated" is from 1831; sense of "pompous, smug" is from 1895.

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

to 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).

Example sentences

Do not stuff whole poultry with cooked, leftover stuffing.

So they spend vast amounts of time stuffing and lubricating clients in private

booths in swish restaurants.

The stuffing should be moist, not dry, since heat destroys bacteria more

rapidly in a moist environment.

There were also reports of army involvement in ballot stuffing, multiple

voting, and theft of ballot boxes.

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