English Explanatory Dictionary

stuff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
  2. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
  3. Unspecified things or matters.
  4. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
  5. A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
  6. Boards used for building.
  7. Abstract/figurative substance or character.
  8. Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
  9. Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
  10. Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
  11. A medicine or mixture; a potion.
  12. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
verb
  1. To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
  2. To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
  3. To fill with seasoning.
  4. To load goods into (a container) for transport.
  5. To sate.
  6. To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
  7. To break; to destroy.
  8. To sexually penetrate.
  9. Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
  10. To heavily defeat or get the better of.
  11. To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
  12. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

Pronunciation

/stʌf/ en-us-stuff.ogg /stɐf/ en-au-stuff.ogg /stʊf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stuff.wav

Word forms

stuff stuffs stuffing stuffed

Etymology

From Middle English stuf, stuffe, borrowed from Medieval Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

Synonyms

matter substance constituents ingredients corporeity body mass material stuff doodad thingamabob Sorted by number of Google hits widget hickey gizmo thingy gimmick thingie jigger gismo gubbins whatsit thingamajig whatchamacallit doohickey thingo thingummy whatsis thingumajig thingumabob whatchacallit Sorted alphabetically affair bazinga bizzo dealie dealy dinglehopper dingus dohickey dojigger dongle doo-hickey doober doodah doofer doohickus doohinkey doohinkus doojigger doovalacky foobar foo frammis frobnitz gadget geegaw gewgaw gingambob gingumbob

Derived words

and stuff blackstuff breadstuff diaperstuff don't sweat the small stuff drinkstuff dyestuff fanstuff feeding stuff feedingstuff feedstuff folding stuff foodstuff good stuff greenstuff joy-to-stuff ratio kid stuff ladystuff made of sterner stuff plantstuff right stuff same old stuff she-stuff shipstuff sob stuff sourstuff starstuff stuff and nonsense stuffaroni stuff dreams are made of stuffie stuffless stuff sack sweetstuff tanstuff veinstuff waterstuff woolstuff stuffing double-stuff get stuffed misstuff overstuff restuff stuffable stuffed stuffed up stuffer stuff one's face stuff out stuff the ballot box stuff up stuff-up stuffy stuff you

Translations

Afrikaans: goed Afrikaans: goeters Afrikaans: materie Afrikaans: stof Bengali: সামান Bulgarian: ве́щи Bulgarian: материя Bulgarian: вещество Chinese Cantonese: 嘢 Chinese Mandarin: 東西 /东西 Chinese Mandarin: 材料 Danish: ting Danish: sager Danish: stof Danish: materiale Danish: tingest Dutch: spul Dutch: goedje Dutch: waar Dutch: stof Finnish: tavara French: truc Galician: cousas Galician: murriada Galician: matarutaxe Galician: zurrumalla Galician: zapicada Galician: trapallada German: Sachen German: Kram German: Zeug German: Ding German: Züüg German: Stoff Greek: πράγματα Greek: ουσία Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר Hungarian: cucc Hungarian: dolog Hungarian: vacak Hungarian: szar Hungarian: anyag Hungarian: valami Irish: stuif Irish: mianach Italian: cose Italian: roba Italian: tessuto Italian: stoffa Korean: 잡것 Norwegian: ting Norwegian: saker Norwegian: stoff Norwegian: materiale Polish: rzeczy Polish: bambetle Portuguese: coisas Portuguese: negócio Portuguese: material Romanian: lucruri Romanian: chestii Russian: добро́ Russian: ве́щи Russian: штуки Russian: вещество́ Scottish Gaelic: stuth Spanish: cosas Spanish: bártulos Spanish: trastos Spanish: lo de Swedish: saker Swedish: stoff Swedish: material Swedish: stoppning Tamil: பொருள் Turkish: şey Turkish: şeyler Turkish: hammadde Vietnamese: đồ Zazaki: hımın Ancient Greek: ὕλη Japanese: 原料 Japanese: 材料 Japanese: 素材 Latin: māteria Malay: barang
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