stuff

1 of 2

noun

ˈstəf

: materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: such as

obsolete : military baggage

: personal property

: material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction

clear half-inch pine stuff

Emily Holt

: a finished textile suitable for clothing

especially : wool or worsted material

: literary or artistic production

: writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value : trash

: an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter

volcanic rock is curious stuff

: something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans

: a matter to be considered

the truth was heady stuff

long-term policy stuff

: a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles

pick that stuff up off the floor

also : nonphysical unspecified material

conservation and … all kinds of good stuff

Eric Korn

: fundamental material : substance

the stuff of greatness

: subject matter

a teacher who knows her stuff

: special knowledge or capability

showing their stuff

: spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course

: the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight : the liveliness of a pitch

greatest pitcher of my time … had tremendous stuff

Ted Williams

: dunk shot

stuffless adjective

stuff

2 of 2

verb

stuffed; stuffing; stuffs

transitive verb

: to fill by packing things in : cram

the boy stuffed his pockets with candy

: to fill to satiety : surfeit

stuffed themselves with turkey

: to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing

: to fill (something, such as a cushion) with a soft material

: to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting

: to fill by intellectual effort

stuffing their heads with facts

: to pack full of something immaterial

a book stuffed with information

: to fill or block up (something, such as nasal passages)

: to cause to enter or fill : thrust

stuffed a lot of clothing into a laundry bag

: to put (a ball, a puck, etc.) into a goal forcefully from close range

—used in the imperative to express contempt

if they didn't like it, stuff 'em

Eric Clapton

—often used in the phrases stuff it and get stuffed

: to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game

stuffed the runner just short of a first down

Example Sentences

Noun She got out the cooking stuff to bake some cookies. computers, word processors, and stuff like that I need a place to store my stuff. Pick that stuff up off the floor. Verb The boy stuffed his pockets with candy. She stuffed the laundry bag full. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Merely going through the stuff — photos, paintings, TV interviews, concert footage — took two years, Morgen says.

Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 Especially with the stuff that ended up making Strachan a fixture on the inactive list as a rookie.

The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2022 There’s just the right amount of stuff going on, but never too much.

Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022 So, that's the kind of stuff that works for her, if not for the planet.

Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 Sep. 2022 Your mucus becomes a problem when there’s too much or too little of the stuff.

Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 Better time travel and warn Eric circa 1986 to study up on a wider range of stuff, because in the modern NBA, the board room is right up there with the locker room.

Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 HBO Max launched in 2020, it was designed to be the streaming home for everything Warner Bros., DC and HBO, with plenty of stuff for the kids to watch, too.

Frank Pallotta, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 The stylist sent me home with three tiny vials of the stuff to use periodically.

Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 26 Aug. 2022

Verb

Simply stuff a sock down the front of your BRADY Brand underwear.

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 But if time is on your side, stuff them with all your favorite vegetables and proteins for a colorful, versatile bite.

Jess Eng, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Throughout this period, contestants also stuff themselves with food in an effort to build valuable fat stores.

Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 June 2022 The large version is wide enough to carry a 15-inch laptop — or better yet, to stuff with an extra pair of shoes on your next trip.

Kristin Corpuz, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 Outside the vaccination tent, volunteers passed out 1,200 Adidas backpacks that families were able to stuff with notebooks, pink erasers, highlighters, crayons, calculators and other school essentials.

Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Use the knife to carefully pry apart the pieces enough to stuff the butter between the slices.

Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 Only this attempt to stuff the deplorables back in the basket has arrived too late.

Elle Hardy, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 Undoing that work in order to stuff a few little bits of fabric into some throw pillows just isn’t cost-effective, and used bras are mostly undesirable on the secondhand market.

Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English stuff, stuffe "military supplies, provisions, household goods, building material, fabric, filling of a pastry," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffe "provision, stock," noun derivative of estuffer, estoffer "to furnish (with supplies, arms), fill" — more at stuff entry 2

Verb

Middle English stuffen, stoffen "to furnish, equip (with arms, provisions), fill, cram full," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffer, estoffer (also continental Old French), probably borrowed from Old High German stophōn "put (something into something), cram full," going back to West Germanic *stoppōjan-, whence also Old English -stoppian, in forstoppian "to stop up, close completely" — more at stop entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

stuff 1 of 2

noun

ˈstəf

: materials, supplies, or equipment that people need or use

We helped move his stuff to the new apartment.

: writing, speech, sounds, actions, or ideas of little value

… some of the boys act so immature, making monkey sounds and stuff.

Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

: something mentioned or understood but not named

Wipe that stuff off your face.

: basic part of something : substance

The floor is made of tough stuff.

She shows the stuff of greatness.

stuff

2 of 2

verb

stuffed; stuffing

: to force into something : thrust

She stuffed the clothes into a drawer.

: to fill by packing or crowding things in : cram

I stuffed the suitcases.

: overeat, gorge

: to fill with a stuffing

stuff a turkey

: to block up : congest

His nose is stuffed.

单词	stuffings
释义	stuff 1 of 2 noun ˈstəf 1 : materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: such as a obsolete : military baggage b : personal property 2 : material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction clear half-inch pine stuff Emily Holt 3 : a finished textile suitable for clothing especially : wool or worsted material 4 a : literary or artistic production b : writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value : trash 5 a : an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter volcanic rock is curious stuff b : something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans c : a matter to be considered the truth was heady stuff long-term policy stuff d : a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles pick that stuff up off the floor also : nonphysical unspecified material conservation and … all kinds of good stuff Eric Korn 6 a : fundamental material : substance the stuff of greatness b : subject matter a teacher who knows her stuff 7 : special knowledge or capability showing their stuff 8 a : spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course b : the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight : the liveliness of a pitch greatest pitcher of my time … had tremendous stuff Ted Williams 9 : dunk shot stuffless adjective stuff 2 of 2 verb stuffed; stuffing; stuffs transitive verb 1 a : to fill by packing things in : cram the boy stuffed his pockets with candy b : to fill to satiety : surfeit stuffed themselves with turkey c : to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing d : to fill (something, such as a cushion) with a soft material e : to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting 2 a : to fill by intellectual effort stuffing their heads with facts b : to pack full of something immaterial a book stuffed with information 3 : to fill or block up (something, such as nasal passages) 4 a : to cause to enter or fill : thrust stuffed a lot of clothing into a laundry bag b : to put (a ball, a puck, etc.) into a goal forcefully from close range 5 —used in the imperative to express contempt if they didn't like it, stuff 'em Eric Clapton —often used in the phrases stuff it and get stuffed 6 : to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game stuffed the runner just short of a first down Synonyms Noun capability credentials goods qualification Verb block bung dam fill pack plug stop See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun She got out the cooking stuff to bake some cookies. computers, word processors, and stuff like that I need a place to store my stuff. Pick that stuff up off the floor. Verb The boy stuffed his pockets with candy. She stuffed the laundry bag full. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Merely going through the stuff — photos, paintings, TV interviews, concert footage — took two years, Morgen says. Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 Especially with the stuff that ended up making Strachan a fixture on the inactive list as a rookie. The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2022 There’s just the right amount of stuff going on, but never too much. Matt Wake \| Mwake@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022 So, that's the kind of stuff that works for her, if not for the planet. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 Sep. 2022 Your mucus becomes a problem when there’s too much or too little of the stuff. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 Better time travel and warn Eric circa 1986 to study up on a wider range of stuff, because in the modern NBA, the board room is right up there with the locker room. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 HBO Max launched in 2020, it was designed to be the streaming home for everything Warner Bros., DC and HBO, with plenty of stuff for the kids to watch, too. Frank Pallotta, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 The stylist sent me home with three tiny vials of the stuff to use periodically. Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 26 Aug. 2022 Verb Simply stuff a sock down the front of your BRADY Brand underwear. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 But if time is on your side, stuff them with all your favorite vegetables and proteins for a colorful, versatile bite. Jess Eng, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Throughout this period, contestants also stuff themselves with food in an effort to build valuable fat stores. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 June 2022 The large version is wide enough to carry a 15-inch laptop — or better yet, to stuff with an extra pair of shoes on your next trip. Kristin Corpuz, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 Outside the vaccination tent, volunteers passed out 1,200 Adidas backpacks that families were able to stuff with notebooks, pink erasers, highlighters, crayons, calculators and other school essentials. Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Use the knife to carefully pry apart the pieces enough to stuff the butter between the slices. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 Only this attempt to stuff the deplorables back in the basket has arrived too late. Elle Hardy, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 Undoing that work in order to stuff a few little bits of fabric into some throw pillows just isn’t cost-effective, and used bras are mostly undesirable on the secondhand market. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English stuff, stuffe "military supplies, provisions, household goods, building material, fabric, filling of a pastry," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffe "provision, stock," noun derivative of estuffer, estoffer "to furnish (with supplies, arms), fill" — more at stuff entry 2 Verb Middle English stuffen, stoffen "to furnish, equip (with arms, provisions), fill, cram full," borrowed from Anglo-French estuffer, estoffer (also continental Old French), probably borrowed from Old High German stophōn "put (something into something), cram full," going back to West Germanic stoppōjan-, whence also Old English -stoppian,* in forstoppian "to stop up, close completely" — more at stop entry 1 First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing stuff be made of sterner/tougher stuff do one's stuff hot stuff strut one's stuff show one's stuff know one's stuff stuff one's face the right stuff the stuff of legend small stuff and stuff the stuff of greatness the hard stuff sweat the small stuff kid stuff rough stuff stuff oneself stuff it the stuff of legends stuff the ballot box See More be made of sterner/tougher stuff do one's stuff hot stuff strut one's stuff show one's stuff know one's stuff stuff one's face the right stuff the stuff of legend small stuff and stuff the stuff of greatness the hard stuff sweat the small stuff kid stuff rough stuff stuff oneself stuff it the stuff of legends stuff the ballot box See More Kids Definition stuff 1 of 2 noun ˈstəf 1 : materials, supplies, or equipment that people need or use We helped move his stuff to the new apartment. 2 : writing, speech, sounds, actions, or ideas of little value … some of the boys act so immature, making monkey sounds and stuff. Paula Danziger, Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon 3 : something mentioned or understood but not named Wipe that stuff off your face. 4 : basic part of something : substance The floor is made of tough stuff. She shows the stuff of greatness. stuff 2 of 2 verb stuffed; stuffing 1 : to force into something : thrust She stuffed the clothes into a drawer. 2 : to fill by packing or crowding things in : cram I stuffed the suitcases. 3 : overeat, gorge 4 : to fill with a stuffing stuff a turkey 5 : to block up : congest His nose is stuffed. Medical Definition stuff transitive verb ˈstəf : to choke or block up (as nasal passages) a stuffed up nose stuffings noun plural of stuffing as in fillings soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something never heard of using goose down as stuffing for comforters until she moved to a cold climate Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fillings packings fills fillers paddings linings waddings quiltings cushions bumpers interlinings pads fenders buffers
随便看	grind on grind out grind to a halt grindability grindable grindal grindel grindeliae grindelias Grindelwald grinder grinder's green grinderies grinderman grindermen grinders grinding grinding (down) grinding (out) grinding aid grinding along grinding away grinding down grinding mill grinding on

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