STUFF | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English (denoting material for making clothes): shortening of Old French estoffe ‘material, furniture’, estoffer ‘equip, furnish’, from Greek stuphein ‘draw together’

matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied

matter, material, articles, or activities of specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to

• I prefer to buy stuff in sales
• we all offer to do stuff for each other
• there was some green stuff in the shower drain
• the mud was horrible stuff
• she's good at the technical stuff
• he's into all that running and swimming and stuff

the basic constituents or characteristics of something or someone

basic constituents or characteristics of something or someone

• Healey was made of sterner stuff
• such a trip was the stuff of his dreams

woollen fabric, especially as distinct from silk, cotton, and linen

woollen fabric

• her dark stuff gown

(in sport) spin given to a ball to make it vary its course.

(in sport) spin given to ball to make it vary its course

fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something

fill receptacle or space tightly with something

• an old teapot stuffed full of cash
• his head has been stuffed with myths and taboos

used to express indifference towards or rejection of (something)

used to express indifference towards or rejection of

• stuff the diet!

defeat heavily in sport

defeat heavily in sport

• Town got stuffed every week

(of a man) have sex with (someone).

(of man) have sex with