stuff meaning and definition

STUFF noun

Definition of stuff (noun)

1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
   • "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
   • synonyms: material
2. miscellaneous unspecified objects
   • "the trunk was full of stuff"
3. informal terms for personal possessions
   • "did you take all your clobber?"
   • synonyms: clobber
4. senseless talk
   • "don't give me that stuff"
   • synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense
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"
6. information in some unspecified form
   • "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
7. a critically important or characteristic component
   • "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

STUFF verb

Definition of stuff (verb)

1. cram into a cavity
   • "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
2. press or force
   • "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
   • synonyms: shove, squeeze, thrust
3. obstruct
   • "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
   • synonyms: block, choke up, lug
   • antonym: loosen up
4. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
   • "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
   • synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
5. treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
   • "stuff a bearskin"
6. fill tightly with a material
   • "stuff a pillow with feathers"
7. fill with a stuffing while cooking
   • "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
   • synonyms: farce