stuff (st f)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. Idioms: To overeat; gorge. stuff it Vulgar Slang Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust. stuff (one's) face Slang To eat greedily. [Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.] |
stuff
Noun
1. substance or material
2. any collection of unnamed things
3. the raw material of something
4. subject matter, skill, etc.: this journalist knew his stuff
5. woollen fabric
6. do one's stuff Informal to do what is expected of one
Verb
1. to pack or fill (something) completely; cram
2. to force, shove, or squeeze (something somewhere): I stuffed it in my briefcase
3. to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a seasoned mixture
4. to fill (a dead animal's skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
5. Slang to frustrate or defeat
6. get stuffed! Brit, Austral & NZ slang an exclamation of anger or annoyance with someone
7. stuff oneself or one's face to eat a large amount of food [Old French estoffe]
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"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 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) 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" 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 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" 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" 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?" personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | |
| 4. | stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" | |
| 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" overstuff - stuff too much; "The pillow was overstuffed" 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" | |
| 3. | stuff - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" | |
| 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" cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter" | |
| 7. | stuff - fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" 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" |
stuff
noun 1. things, gear, possessions, effects, materials, equipment, objects, tackle, kit, junk, luggage, belongings, trappings, bits and pieces, paraphernalia, clobber Brit. (slang) impedimenta, goods and chattels
noun 2. nonsense, rubbish, rot, trash, bunk (informal) foolishness, humbug, twaddle, tripe (informal) baloney (informal) verbiage, claptrap (informal) bunkum, poppycock (informal) balderdash, pants (slang) bosh (informal) stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, bizzo Austral. (slang) bull's wool Austral., N.Z. (slang)
Translations
stuff [stʌf] n → materia (= cloth); tela (= substance); material m; sustancia (= things, belongings); cosas fpl
vt → llenar;
my nose is stuffed up → tengo la nariz tapada;
stuff [stʌf] n (gen) → chose(s) f(pl), truc m (= belongings); affaires fpl, trucs (= substance); substance f
vt → rembourrer;
(Culin) → farcir;
stuff [stʌf] n → Zeug nt
vt → ausstopfen;
(Culin) → füllen;
(inf) (push) → stopfen;
my nose is stuffed up → ich habe eine verstopfte Nase;
stuff [stʌf] n (= substance) → roba (= belongings); cose fpl; roba
vt → imbottire [+ animal] (for exhibition) → impagliare;
(CULIN) → farcire;
get stuffed! (col!) → va' a farti fottere! (!);
stuffed toy → giocattolo di peluche
n stuff [staf]
1 material or substance What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are). goed مادَّه вещество látka, hmota, mast stof; materiale das Zeug υλικό materia; material; sustancia; cosa aine ماده aine chose; produit; étoffe חוֹמֶר सामग्री građa, materijal anyag; dolog bahan efni cosa; sostanza もの 재료, 원료 medžiaga, masė []viela; materiāls bahan spul materiale, stoff; medisin, middel coś, rzecz substância lucru; produs; materie вещество; материал látka, hmota snov stvar material, ämne, stoff, saker, grejor, virke สิ่งของ madde, cisim 材料 матеріал; ліки سامان chất liệu, vật liệu 材料
2 (unimportant) matter, things, objects etc We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house. goeters مَتاع، أشياء غَيْر مُهِمَّه боклуци krámy ting; habengut das Zeug άχρηστα αντικείμενα cosas; chismes, cachivaches, trastos kraam, värk چيزها؛وسايل tavarat affaires דְבָרִים उपादान, सामान, माल bezvrijedna stvar, glupost vacak barang-barang drasl roba がらくた 하찮은 것, 폐물 šlamštas grabažas; nieki barang rommel ting rzeczy, rupiecie tralha chestii, prostii, fleacuri ерунда; хлам krámy, cárachy navlaka stvar saker, grejor ของที่ไม่จำเป็น önemsiz şey 廢舊物 речі; мотлох بے کار شے món, đồ đạc 废旧物
3 an old word for cloth. doek قِماش ост. вълнен плат látka stof der Wollstoff ύφασμα paño, tela; género riie لباس kangas étoffe אָרִיג कपड़ा sukno, tkanje (ruha)anyag kain fataefni stoffa 布 직물 medžiaga audums kain stof tøy, stoff materiał pano haine материя látka blago odeća tyg คำพูดหรือการกระทำ kumaş (古)紡織品 одяг کپڑا dẻ （古）纺织品
know one's stuff
to be skilful and knowledgeable in one's chosen subject. kennis hê, kundig wees يكون ماهِرا ومُطَّلِعا في موضوعِه разбирам си от работата vyznat se (v) kunne sit kram sich gut auskennen ξέρω τη δουλειά μου saber de lo suyo, ser un entendedor de, ser bueno en oma asja tundma كار خود را بلد بودن osata asiansa s'y connaître לִהיוֹת מוּמחֶה सम्बद्ध कार्य में अच्छा होना znati svoj posao kitűnő anyagismerete van ahli di bidangnya vera vel að sér í sínu fagi (sapere il fatto proprio) よく心得ている gerai išmanyti savo dalyką būt sava amata pratējam mahir zijn vak kennen kunne sine ting znać swój fach saber do riscado a se descurca bine знать своё дело vyznať sa (v) spoznati se na kaj znati svoj posao kunna sin sak ซึ่งชำนาญและฉลาดในวิชาหนึ่งที่เลือก işini bilmek 對份內的工作很內行，精通自己的業務 знати свою справу اپنے مضمون میں ماہر ہونا thạo nghề của mình 对份内的工作很内行，精通自己的业务
that's the stuff!
that's just what is wanted! dis wat verlang word هذا المَطلوب تماما ха така to je ono! det er lige, hvad der er brug for das ist genau richtig αυτό είναι! (που χρειάζεται) ¡así es!, ¡es eso mismo! just see! !خودش است noin sitä pitää voilà ce qu'il faut זְהוּ זֶה सही वस्तु to je ono pravo! ez az! þarna kom það! þetta er lagið! (ben fatto!), (proprio così!) それだ (동의나 시인의 뜻으로) 좋았어!, 바로 그거야! būtent tai, ko ir reikia lūk, tā!; tieši tas, kas vajadzīgs! itulah dia nodig hebben dat is wat we sånn skal det være O to chodzi! assim é que eu gosto! asta e tocmai ceea ce ne trebuie это то, что надо! to je ono! to je tisto to je prava stvar det är grejor det! สิ่งที่ต้องการ Ha şöyle!, Aferin!, Bravo! 正是所要物品 це те, що потрібно! وہ چیز جس کی تلاش تھی đó mới là cái đang cần 正是所要物品
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
| ?Page tools | ||
|---|---|---|
|