stuffnoun
uk/stʌf/us/stʌf/stuff noun (THING(S))
B1 [ U ] informal a substance, especially when you do not know or say exactly what it is:
[ U ] informal things that someone says or does, when you are referring to them in a general way without saying exactly what they are:
[ U ] informal someone's possessions or things that they take somewhere with them:
used to refer to more things of a similar kind to ones you have mentioned, when you do not say exactly what they are:
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- The kids always clutter the hall up with school bags and coats and stuff.
- I love milk - I drink gallons of the stuff.
- I've got some stuff to do at home, so I'm going to take off now.
- I like modern art to a certain extent, but I don't like the really experimental stuff.
- He leaves all the difficult stuff for me to do and it really annoys me.
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Groups and collections of things
- agglomeration
- Aladdin's cave
- anthology
- assemblage
- bank
- basket
- empty set
- ensemble
- feast
- generation
- glory box
- grab bag
- package
- pool
- portfolio
- selection
- sheaf
- sheaves
- subgroup
- vintage
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stuff noun (QUALITY)
[ U ] US someone's skill or great abilities:
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batter
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- strike
- the World Series
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Idiom(s)
stuffverb
uk/stʌf/us/stʌf/stuff verb (FILL)
[ T ] to completely fill a container with something:
C2 [ T ] informal to push something into a small space, often quickly or in a careless way:
[ T ] to fill the body of a dead animal with special material so that it looks as if it is still alive
[ T ] mainly UK offensive (of a man) to have sex with a woman
More examples
- I stuffed it into my bag and quickly left.
- I just stuffed everything in boxes.
- He pulled out a big fat wallet stuffed with bank notes.
- Every bit of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.
- He stuffs all his magazines and books under the bed.
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Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- filling
- jam
- occupancy
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- plug
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
stuff verb (FOOD)
[ T ] to fill food with stuffing:
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- prep
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
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stuff verb (EAT)
to eat a lot:
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- trough
- tuck
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