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| 1. n. plural of stuff |  |
| stuff | |
| 1. n. Miscellaneous items; things; (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. n. (slang) Things; trivial details. | |
| I had to do some stuff. | |
| 3. n. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. | |
| 4. n. A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric. | |
| 5. n. Abstract substance or character. | |
| 6. n. (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name. | |
| Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae? | |
| 7. n. (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash. | |
| 11. n. (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. | |
| 12. n. Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff. | |
| 13. v. To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess. | |
| She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe. | |
| 14. v. To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner. | |
| He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door. | |
| 15. v. To load goods into a container for transport. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, used in the passive) To sate. | |
| I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing. | |
| 17. v. 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. | |
| 18. v. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin. | |
| 19. v. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. | |
| 20. v. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, dated) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later. | |
| 23. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner. | |
| 24. interj. (slang) A filler term used to dismiss explanation. | |
| "Why are you so sad, Joseph?" "Well...stuff.". | |
