Stuff

ahd-5
  • noun. The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
  • noun. The essential substance or elements; essence.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Unspecified material.
  • noun. Household or personal articles considered as a group.
  • noun. Worthless objects.
  • noun. Specific talk or actions.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
  • noun. The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball.
  • noun. A dunk shot.
  • noun. Special capability.
  • noun. Woven material, especially woolens.
  • noun. Money; cash.
  • noun. A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To pack (a container) tightly; cram.
  • intransitive verb. To block (a passage); plug.
  • intransitive verb. To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
  • intransitive verb. To dunk (the ball).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fill with an appropriate stuffing.
  • intransitive verb. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
  • intransitive verb. To cram with food.
  • intransitive verb. To fill (the mind).
  • intransitive verb. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
  • intransitive verb. To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
  • intransitive verb. To overeat; gorge.
  • idiom. (stuff it) Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
  • idiom. (stuff (one's) face) To eat greedily.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fill with any kind of stuff or loose material; cram full; load to excess; crowd with something: as, to stuff the ears with cotton.
  • Specifically, to fill with stuffing or packing; cram the cavity of with material suitable for the special use or occasion: as, to stuff a cushion or a bedtick; to stuff a turkey or a leg of veal for roasting.
  • To cause to appear stuffed; puff or swell out; distend.
  • To fill the prepared skin of (an animal), for the purpose of restoring and preserving its natural form and appearance: the process includes wiring and mounting. See taxidermy and stuffing, n., 3.
  • Figuratively, to fill, cram, or crowd with something of an immaterial nature: as, to stuff a poem with mawkish sentiment.
  • To use as stuffing or filling; dispose of by crowding, cramming, or packing.
  • To constitute a filling for: be crowded into; occupy so as to fill completely.
  • To apply stuff to; treat with stuff, in some technical sense. See stuff, n., 4 .
  • To stock or supply; provide with a quota or outfit; furnish; replenish.
  • To deceive with humorous intent; gull.
  • To eat greedily; play the glutton.
  • noun. Substance or material in some definite state, form, or situation; any particular kind, mass, or aggregation of matter or things; material in some distinct or limited sense, whether raw, or wrought or to be wrought into form.
  • noun. Incorporeal or psychical substance of some special kind; that which arises from or constitutes mind, character, or quality; any immaterial effluence, influence, principle, or essence. See mind-stuff.
  • noun. Goods; possessions in a general sense; baggage: now chiefly in the phrase household stuff.
  • noun. Something made up, or prepared or designed, for some specific use.
  • noun. A preparation of any kind to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
  • noun. Ready money; cash; means in general.
  • Word Usage
    "Ai fink he stuffffffffed dat udder kitteh inna bawks *stuff stuff stuff* an iz clowzin eet up *pat pat pat* so tu send eet bak tu teh store…. him sez: Nu kitteh?"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    empty  
    cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    back up  bunk  center  centre  choke  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough  bluff  bruff  buff  cuff  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    address  arts  chamber  cloth  clothe  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    stuffed  stuffing  stuffs