stuff (n.)

  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

    [ Syn: material ]

  2. miscellaneous unspecified objects; the trunk was full of stuff'

  3. informal terms for personal possessions; did you take all your clobber?

    [ Syn: clobber ]

  4. senseless talk; dont give me that stuff

    [ Syn: stuff and nonsense , hooey , poppycock ]

  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 (v.)

  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

    [ Syn: thrust , shove , squeeze ]

  3. obstruct; My nose is all stuffed; Her arteries are blocked

    [ Syn: lug , choke up , block ]

  4. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; She stuffed herself at the dinner; The kids binged on ice cream

    [ Syn: gorge , ingurgitate , overindulge , glut , englut , engorge , overgorge , overeat , gormandize , gormandise , gourmandize , binge , 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?

    [ Syn: farce ]

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