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Date Posted: 07:17:45 07/21/12 Sat
Author: speed imparted to a ball
Subject: stuff

stuff (stf)
n.
1. The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
2. The essential substance or elements; essence: "We are such stuff/As dreams are made on" (Shakespeare).
3. Informal
a. Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
b. Household or personal articles considered as a group.
c. Worthless objects.
4. Slang Specific talk or actions: Don't give me that stuff about being tired.
5. Sports
a. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
b. The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball: "where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball" (James Henry Gray).
6. Basketball A dunk shot.
7. Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
8. Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
9. Slang Money; cash.
10. Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
v. stuffed, stuff·ing, stuffs
v.tr.
1.
a. To pack (a container) tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.
b. To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
c. Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
2.
a. To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust: stuffed laundry into the bag.
b. Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
c. Basketball To dunk (the ball).
3.
a. To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.
b. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
4. To cram with food.
5. To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.
6. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
7. To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
v.intr.
To overeat; gorge.
Idioms:
stuff it Vulgar Slang
Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
stuff (one's) face Slang
To eat greedily.

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[Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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stuff [stʌf]
vb (mainly tr)
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. (Cookery) to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) 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. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) Tanning to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US and Canadian to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
9. (Business / Commerce) (in marine transport) to pack (a container) See also stuffing and stripping
10. Slang to ruin, frustrate, or defeat
n
1. the raw material or fabric of something
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) woollen cloth or fabric
3. any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
4. stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc.
5. subject matter, skill, etc. he knows his stuff
6. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a slang word for money
7. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang a drug, esp cannabis
8. Informal
do one's stuff to do what is expected of one
that's the stuff that is what is needed
10. Brit slang a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff)
[from Old French estoffe, from estoffer to furnish, provide, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stopfen to cram full]
stuffer n
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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. stuff - 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"
material
substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes"
ballast - any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
bedding material, bedding, litter - material used to provide a bed for animals
rind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
precursor - a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
corpuscle, mote, particle, speck, molecule, atom - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
ammunition - any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
floc, floccule - a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
HAZMAT - an abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL"
aggregate - material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
sorbate - a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
sorbent, sorbent material - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
diamagnet - a substance that exhibits diamagnetism
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
rock, stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
animal material - material derived from animals
fluff - any light downy material
bimetal - material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals
abradant, abrasive, abrasive material - a substance that abrades or wears down
chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
composite material - strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically
conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
dielectric, insulator, nonconductor - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
contaminant, contamination - a substance that contaminates
particulate, particulate matter - a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
dust - free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
elastomer - any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
earth, ground - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
emission, discharge - a substance that is emitted or released
detritus - loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
filling, fill - any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
foam - a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
homogenate - material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed); "liver homogenate"
2. stuff - miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
etcetera - additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; "his report was full of etceteras"
sundries - miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified
3. stuff - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
clobber
personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
4. stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
5. stuff - unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
6. stuff - information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
info, information - a message received and understood
7. stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Verb 1. stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
chock up, cram, jampack, wad, ram, jam - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
overstuff - stuff too much; "The pillow was overstuffed"
pad, fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
2. stuff - press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
thrust, shove, squeeze
push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
3. stuff - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
choke up, lug, block
clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
loosen up, unstuff - cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
4. stuff - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate
eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
5. stuff - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"
impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
6. stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
farce, stuff - fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
7. stuff - fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
farce
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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