Stuff - Definition

n 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" [syn: material,
stuff]
2: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of
stuff"
3: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
4: senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff,
stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock]
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"
v 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" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
squeeze]
3: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are
blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant:
loosen up, unstuff]
4: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig
out, satiate, scarf out]
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?" [syn: farce, stuff]