Search Result:stuff
KK Pronunciation
〔 stʌf 〕
Pronunciation
〔 stʌf 〕
Overview of noun stuff
The noun stuff has 7 senses
- material, 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")
- stuff -- (miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff")
- stuff, clobber -- (informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?")
- stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock -- (senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff")
- 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")
- stuff -- (information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book")
- stuff -- (a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative")
Overview of verb stuff
The verb stuff has 7 senses
- stuff -- (cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets")
- thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze -- (press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand")
- stuff, lug, choke up, block -- (obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked")
- gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out -- (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream")
- stuff -- (treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin")
- 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?")