American English pronunciation

How to pronounce stuff

IPA transcription: [s'tʌf]

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Noun

  • 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”

  • miscellaneous unspecified objects

    “the trunk was full of stuff”

  • informal terms for personal possessions

    “did you take all your clobber?”

  • senseless talk

    “don't give me that 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”

  • information in some unspecified form

    “it was stuff I had heard before”

    “there's good stuff in that book”

  • a critically important or characteristic component

    “suspense is the very stuff of narrative”

Verb

  • press or force

    “Stuff money into an envelope”

    “She thrust the letter into his hand”

  • cram into a cavity

    “The child stuffed candy into his pockets”

  • overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

    “She stuffed herself at the dinner”

    “The kids binged on ice cream”

  • obstruct

    “My nose is all stuffed”

    “Her arteries are blocked”

  • treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

    “stuff a bearskin”

  • fill tightly with a material

    “stuff a pillow with feathers”

  • fill with a stuffing while cooking

    “Have you stuffed the turkey yet?”

Usage examples

  • I took some stuff and I drank some booze.
  • I like movies and stuff like that.
  • I want to do more neat robot vision stuff.
  • We migrated our stuff from Mac OS to Linux.
  • It's a nice walk though, with trees and a river and stuff.
  • To stuff into their own pockets.
  • Excited young boy playing in water while holding a stuffed Dalmatian.
  • It's a nice walk though, with trees and a river and stuff.
  • In the past I've had trouble prioritizing stuff in this list.
  • I like movies and stuff like that.