Meaning & Definition of Stuff in English

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"

2. Miscellaneous unspecified objects

• "The trunk was full of stuff"

3. Informal terms for personal possessions

• "Did you take all your clobber?"

4. Senseless talk

• "Don't give me that stuff"

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"

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"

3. Obstruct

• "My nose is all stuffed"

• "Her arteries are blocked"

4. Overeat or eat immodestly

• Make a pig of oneself

• "She stuffed herself at the dinner"

• "The kids binged on ice cream"

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?"