Stuff Definition
stŭf
stuffed, stuffing, stuffs
noun
stuffs
The material or substance out of which anything is or can be made; raw material.
Webster's New World
Constituent elements or basic nature; essence; character.
A man made of stern stuff.
Webster's New World
Matter or substance of an unspecified or generalized kind.
Webster's New World
Household or personal articles considered as a group.
American Heritage
Household goods.
Webster's New World
verb
stuffed, stuffing, stuffs
To eat too much or too quickly.
Webster's New World
To pack, cram, or crowd (something) into a container, etc.
Webster's New World
To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
American Heritage
To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust.
Stuffed laundry into the bag.
American Heritage
To plug; block.
Webster's New World
idiom
stuff it
- Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
American Heritage
stuff (one's) face
- To eat greedily.
American Heritage
stuff it
- used as a generalized expression of contempt, anger, disdain, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Stuff
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From Late Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), from Old French estoffer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), possibly from Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (“to cram, plug, stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to clog up, block, fill”). Possibly cognate with Old High German stoffōn, stopfōn (“to plug, stuff”), Old English stoppian (“to stop up, close”) and Albanian shtyp (“to press, squeeze, stuff”). More at stop.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French estoffe from estoffer to equip of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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