stuff
/stʌf/noun, verb1 syllable
Stuff means: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
Synonyms for stuff30
noun, as in senseless talk
noun, as in the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
noun, as in informal terms for personal possessions
verb, as in overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
verb, as in obstruct
verb, as in fill tightly with a material
verb, as in fill with a stuffing while cooking
also used for stuff
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Opposites of stuff
What does stuff mean?14
verb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself“She stuffed herself at the dinner”
press or force“Stuff money into an envelope”
obstruct“My nose is all stuffed”
fill tightly with a material“stuff a pillow with feathers”
fill with a stuffing while cooking“Have you stuffed the turkey yet?”
cram into a cavity“The child stuffed candy into his pockets”
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting“stuff a bearskin”
noun
senseless talk“don't give me that stuff”
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object“coal is a hard black material”
informal terms for personal possessions“did you take all your clobber?”
miscellaneous unspecified objects“the trunk was full of stuff”
unspecified qualities required to do or be something“the stuff of heroes”
information in some unspecified form“it was stuff I had heard before”
a critically important or characteristic component“suspense is the very stuff of narrative”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with stuff?14
Stuff in a sentence
- We don't usually go for cute stuff, but this is just too adorably awesome.unknown
- We can't really keep all this stuff, can we?CK
- If you stuff the box too full, the bottom will fall out.CK
- You're not starting to believe this stuff, are you?CK
- You hate this kind of stuff, don't you?CK
- Meanwhile, we depict aliens doing really weird stuff.sezerpicak
- Do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.Adelpa
- You aren't starting to believe this stuff, are you?CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of stuff
as a verb
- past tense
- stuffed
- present participle
- stuffing
- third-person singular
- stuffs
- past participle
- stuffed