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stuff en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /stɐf/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /stʌf/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /stʊf/ (Northern-England)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable, usually) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
    • What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
    • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
  2. (informal, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. ▸ Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
    • He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff. 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
    • and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. 1611, Bible, 1 Samuel 25:13, KJV:
  3. (informal, uncountable, usually) Unspecified things or matters.
    • Andy Jackson puts it more bluntly: "Just because we are off the naughty step doesn't mean we can stop doing stuff. It's far from 'no more action'. 2026 July 8, Paul Clifton, “Brunel does the business”, in RAIL, number 1065, page 31:
    • I had to do some stuff.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
    • Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […] 1887, Indian Cookery "Local" for Young Housekeepers: Second Edition, page 67:
    • Near-synonyms: constituents, ingredients; see also Thesaurus:substance
    • The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, / And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill. 1697, John Davies, A Poem on the Immortality of the Soul:
  5. (archaic, uncountable, usually) The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. ▸ A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
    • She was going out to buy some lengths of good woollen stuff for Louise's winter dresses. 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, page 147:
    • Without waiting for a reply, she unbound the veil from her head, and took off the loose black novice's robe, which she had put over a gray stuff dress similar to that worn by Lucy. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 51:
    • "And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff," said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business. 1857, The National Magazine, volumes 10-11, page 350:
  6. (archaic, uncountable, usually) The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. ▸ Boards used for building.
  7. (uncountable, usually) The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. ▸ Abstract/figurative substance or character.
    • When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 91–94:
    • We are such stuff / As dreams are made on c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, scene 1, 156–157::
  8. (dated, qualifier:paper-making, uncountable, usually) The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. ▸ Pulp; paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
  9. (informal, uncountable, usually) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
    • Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
    • It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.” 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
    • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
  10. (slang, uncountable, usually) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
    • For some idiotic reason the bureaucrats are more opposed to tea than to stuff. 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 11 March:
    • For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick. 1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use, page 47:
  11. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
    • I[…]did compound for her / A certaine ſtuffe, which being tane, would ceaſe / The preſent powre of life[…]. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 397, column 1:
  12. (euphemistic, sometimes, uncountable, usually) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
    • But the Butcher turned nervous, and dressed himself fine, / With yellow kid gloves and a ruff— / Said he felt it exactly like going to dine, / Which the Bellman declared was all "stuff." 1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Fourth.⁠ The Hunting.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC:
    • Oh, stuff, Julia! I've given up chasing after will-o'-the-wisps like that. 1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine:
    • Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!
    • Anger would indite / Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write. 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
  13. (uncountable, usually) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
    • On the last transverse planking, after: caulking and paying, he has laid on a coat of stuff, so hard when cold aš to resist a firm touch, and applied plain paper, then took heated band irons (such as women use) , and passed the iron from the centre of the sheet to the extremities, thus heating the stuff to make it adhere, pressing out the air, and laying it all flat and united with the course. 1822, William Annesley, A New System of Naval Architecture, page 31:
    • While the ships were placed in ordinary “a thick coat of stuff” was applied to the hulls, and their awnings might be spread or sheds erected to provide some protection from sun and weather. 2012, Thomas Williams, American Honor: The Story of Admiral Charles Stewart, page 561:
    • The master, at my earnest solicitation, examined his vessel, and though he prefers the coal tar, yet he told me, there were shells sticking on, and that a very thin coat of stuff, if any, remained. 1785, Pamphlets on British Shipping. 1785-1861, page 36:
  14. (dated, qualifier:criminal argot, slang, uncountable, usually) Money.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stuffs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

stuff dreams are made of · dyestuff · woolstuff · sourstuff · same old stuff · tanstuff · sweet stuff · stuffing · ladystuff · stuffaroni · right stuff · and stuff · stuff and nonsense · stuffless · made of sterner stuff · starstuff · breadstuff · stuffie · feedstuff · shipstuff · feedingstuff · stuff sack · good stuff · fanstuff · sob stuff · foodstuff · drinkstuff · diaperstuff · don't sweat the small stuff · folding stuff · joy-to-stuff ratio · feeding stuff · sweet-stuff · blackstuff · greenstuff · waterstuff · kid stuff · she-stuff · veinstuff · plantstuff · sweetstuff

Descendants

stuif

Synonyms

pie in the sky · all my eye and Betty Martin · stuff · stuff · whatdoyoucallit · horse piss · jive · matter · piece of shit · hootenanny · garble · bilgewater · constituents · fuckery · hoax · jimbang · flizz · put-on · ingredients · bunk · mass · bull feathers · stuff · mass · thingamabob · santorum · thingamajigger · flim-flam · frammis · substance · thingumajig · wossname · pile of crap · crock of shit · Gallophone · double talk · matter · apple grease · dealy · jobby · rubbish · hogwash · codswallop · drivel · dohickey · wossisname · recreational drug · absurdity · refuse · gossip · matter · thingie · material · substance · yokibus · thingy (Placeholder name) · body · whatsitsname · affair · body · crap · BS · service item · dojigger · thingo · rigamajig · material · roughage · foolishness · Sorted alphabetically · ingredients · gimmick · folderol · manure · constituents · piece of crap · substance · thingummyjig · tosh · bullcrap · substance · piece of garbage · flapdoodle · jobber · banana oil · jimjam · substance · macaroni · debris · cobblers · hickey · jabber · body · bullshit · joint · substance · dreck · matter · whaddayacallit · stuff · thingum · prattle · corporeity · jawn · bull · thingabob · wotsit · ingredients · thingamajig · baloney · malarkey · stuff and nonsense · gadget · gewgaw · thingamabobber · dongle · balls · kludge · doojigger · meaninglessness · footle · thingumabob · tommy-rot · ting · constituents · claptrap · bazinga · Sorted by number of Google hits · lallation · jargon · stuff · dinglehopper · litter · matter · shite · bollocks · humbug · horsefeathers · stuff and nonsense · all my eye · doober · doohinkey · thingmabob · material · thingummabob · framis · gup · doodad · doofer · shit · mumbo jumbo · chingadera · mass · hocus-pocus · clamjamfrey · stuff · thingummy · pigswill · fudge · crap · rigmarole · ingredients · thingmy · whosiewhatsit · whatchamacallit · jibber-jabber · thingymabob · Greek · bafflegab · geegaw · garbage · gear · oojamaflip · piffle · blather · thingmajig · blah · balderdash · substance · constituents · drug · applesauce · batshit · trash · garbage · jigger · substance · dope · yoke · bizzo · whachacallit · ruse · bunkum · constituents · junk · junk · corporeity · mass · baragouin · whiff-whaff · rubbish · substance · hooey · garbage · Irish bull · body · cultch · body · piece of trash · foo · galimatias · horseshit · bushwah · material · corporeity · tripe · kajigger · thingamajiggy · gingumbob · rot · doo-hickey · ingredients · doohickus · blah-blah · word salad · double Dutch · horse · eyewash · flummery · Bandini · whachamacallit · doohinkus · widget · stuff · stuff · doublespeak · squit · foobar · substance · gash · whatnot · whosit · pelf · dribble · matter · corporeity · rubbish · tush · whatdyecallem · hodad · whatsit · gizmo · matter · waste · material · dope · doovalacky · whatchamahoozie · doohickey · horse puckey · fiddle-faddle · blah-blah-blah · bosh · jabberwocky · horse cock · corporeity · gibber · whatsaname · stuff · batcrap · frobnitz · nonsense · trash · matter · thingummajig · matter · nonsense · moonshine · substance · guff · doodad · thingamafuck · rhubarb · whatchacallit · drek · trittle trattle · gobbledygook · dealie · gingambob · dingus · rhubarb rhubarb · bobbins · bulldust · thingamabob · shit · twaddle · gibberish · thingy · doodah · skimble-skamble · matter · gismo · bullspeak · crock · horse hockey · junk · gash · whatsis · mass · fuckry · poppycock · pile of shit · hokum · whiff-whaff · nertz · gear · wass · gubbins · shebang · blatherskite · MacGuffin · thing · thingymajig

Translations (113)

es cosa (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · da ting (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · fi tavara (miscellaneous items; things) · el πράγμα (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · es vaina (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · ja 材料 (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · hu vacak (miscellaneous items; things) · nl goedje (miscellaneous items; things) · de Kram (substitution for trivial details) · no ting (substitution for trivial details) · de Stoff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · af materie (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · el ουσία (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · he דבר (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · ca dallò (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · vi đồ (miscellaneous items; things) · yue(miscellaneous items; things) · nl waar (miscellaneous items; things) · no stoff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · la māteria (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · gl zurrumalla (miscellaneous items; things) · zza hımın (miscellaneous items; things) · cmn 東西 /东西 (miscellaneous items; things) · hu anyag (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · he חומר \ חֹמֶר (miscellaneous items; things) · hu valami (substitution for trivial details) · da tingest (substitution for trivial details) · tr şey (miscellaneous items; things) · grc ὕλη (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · ru добро́ (miscellaneous items; things) · tr hammadde (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · gl matarutaxe (miscellaneous items; things) · gd stuth (miscellaneous items; things) · fr truc (miscellaneous items; things) · gl murriada (miscellaneous items; things) · no saker (substitution for trivial details) · gsw Züüg (miscellaneous items; things) · nl spul (miscellaneous items; things) · da stof (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · it stoffa (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · ga mianach (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · de Kram (miscellaneous items; things) · he חומר \ חֹמֶר (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · af goed (miscellaneous items; things) · ca daixò (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · it roba (miscellaneous items; things) · hu cucc (miscellaneous items; things) · ro chestii (miscellaneous items; things) · bg нещо (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · es cosas (substitution for trivial details) · zza çêk (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · tr şeyler (miscellaneous items; things) · ta இது (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · bg вещество (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · no ting (miscellaneous items; things) · sv stoppning (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · sv saker (miscellaneous items; things) · ta பொருள் (miscellaneous items; things) · el πράγματα (miscellaneous items; things) · it tessuto (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · ru шту́ка (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · es coso (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · pl bambetle (miscellaneous items; things) · gl cousas (miscellaneous items; things) · af goed (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · da ting (miscellaneous items; things) · ru ве́щи (miscellaneous items; things) · ko 잡것 (miscellaneous items; things) · hu dolog (miscellaneous items; things) · de Zeug (miscellaneous items; things) · bg материя (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · gl trapallada (miscellaneous items; things) · no materiale (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · gl zapicada (miscellaneous items; things) · hu szar (miscellaneous items; things) · fa چیز میز (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · cmn 東西 /东西 (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · bn সামান (miscellaneous items; things) · hu izé (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · es cosas (miscellaneous items; things) · ru штуки (miscellaneous items; things) · pt negócio (miscellaneous items; things) · pl rzeczy (miscellaneous items; things) · ja 素材 (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · it cose (miscellaneous items; things) · ga stuif (miscellaneous items; things) · ms barang (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · da materiale (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · sv stoff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · ro lucruri (miscellaneous items; things) · es bártulos (miscellaneous items; things) · es lo de (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · da sager (miscellaneous items; things) · he חומר \ חֹמֶר (substitution for trivial details) · nl stof (miscellaneous items; things) · hu hogyishívják (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · pt coisas (miscellaneous items; things) · es trastos (miscellaneous items; things) · af goeters (miscellaneous items; things) · de Ding (miscellaneous items; things) · ja もの (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · de Sachen (miscellaneous items; things) · af stof (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · hu micsoda (word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy) · pt material (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · cmn 材料 (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · hu dolog (substitution for trivial details) · fr truc (substitution for trivial details) · no saker (miscellaneous items; things) · ja 原料 (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · bg ве́щи (miscellaneous items; things) · sv material (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) · ru вещество́ (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

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stuff en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /stɐf/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /stʌf/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /stʊf/ (Northern-England)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
    • Lest the gods, for sin, / Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin. 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
    • I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
  2. (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
    • The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
    • “I will sort this stuff out and repack it.” “No time! Just stuff it inside baskets and shove them to the back. We can sort through it all later.” 2011, Shirley G. East, The Dream Hunters Epoch: The Paleo Indians Series, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 528:
    • Put them [roses] into a[…] glass, with narrow mouths, stuffing them close together […] and [they] retain[…] smell […][and] colour. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
    • It's our life you're taking, you're making us poor, you have no right, these slaves are ours, until Marie wanted to fill their mouths with cotton, all the cotton that had ever been picked by their slaves, just stuff it down their mouths until they were as fat and soft as the huge pillows they slept on while their slaves slept on hard boards and straw in filthy rat-infested cabins. 2004, Orson Scott Card, The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Book Six, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 241:
    • You can't just stuff it in a vault somewhere and cross your fingers. 2007, Iceland Review, H.J. Hamar, page 227:
  3. (transitive) To fill with seasoning.
    • She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
  4. (transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
  5. (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
    • I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
  6. (pronominal, usually) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
    • Delaford is a nice place, I can tell you; exactly what I call a nice old-fashioned place, full of comforts and conveniences; quite shut in with great garden walls that are covered with the best fruit-trees in the country; and such a mulberry tree in one corner! Lord! how Charlotte and I did stuff the only time we were there! 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 30, in Sense and Sensibility:
    • She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
  7. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive) To break; to destroy.
    • He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
  8. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate.
    • His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
  9. (imperative, mildly, often, transitive, vulgar) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
    • Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
    • Jenny nodded in sympathy, spotting Ali's new iPod speakers sitting on top of the TV. Simone smiled and coughed. 'He forgot to take them with him. He can stuff it, it was my money.' 2009, Matthew Hall, The Coroner, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 218:
    • And it rained everyday^([sic]) and the seas were rough everyday and I felt ill everyday and I thought, if this is sailing you can stuff it! 2015, Chris Dunning, About a Village Boy: A memoir, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 91:
    • 'Well,' she said, 'you can take your job and you can stuff it, because...' She stopped dead. 'My God,' she whispered, 'I've been wanting to say that to somebody all my life, and now I actually have. Whee!' She pulled herself together, straightened her back and picked up her handbag. 'Sorry,' she said, 'but I'm through.' 2009, Tom Holt, Here Comes The Sun, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 80:
  10. (informal) To heavily defeat or get the better of.
    • They totally stuffed us in that business deal.
    • Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7–0 in the semi-final.
  11. (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
    • I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
  12. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
    • KANG: When I take this ship, I'll have Kirk's head stuffed and hung on his cabin wall. // MARA: They will kill us before we can act. // KANG: No, they wish to question us, learn our strength, our plans. They never will. // MARA: We are forty against four hundred. // KLINGON: Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. // KANG: Patience. Vigilance. They will make a mistake. Capture of the Enterprise will give us knowledge to end this war quickly. 1969, Jerome Bixby, Star Trek episode “Day of the Dove”, Culver City, Calif.: Desilu Studios; distributed by Paramount Television, published 1969:
  13. (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
    • I'm stuffed, cousin; I cannot smell. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  14. (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
    • An Eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal. 1724, Jonathan Swift, “Drapier's Letters”, in 5:
  15. (dated, transitive) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
  16. (transitive) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stuffed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuffed Tense=Past lexicographic
stuffs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stuffing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

stuffed · stuffy · stuffing · stuff one's face · double-stuff · overstuff · stuff the ballot box · stuffer · misstuff · stuff you · stuffable · stuff out · stuffed up · get stuffed · restuff · stuff-up · stuff up

Synonyms

stuff one's face · root · screw · feed one's face · fill one's face · fuck

Translations (162)

pl wypychać (to preserve a dead animal) · gsw schtungge (to fill by crowding into) · ru наби́ть (to fill by crowding into) · ru насытить (to make sated) · fr fourrer (to fill by crowding into) · de sich vollstopfen (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · ru сунуть (vulgar: to sexually penetrate) · izh täyttää (to fill by crowding into) · it ficcare (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · nl proppen (to fill by crowding into) · it impagliare (to preserve a dead animal) · vi nhét (to fill by crowding into) · fi pakata (computing: to compress in the StuffIt format) · es emborrar (to fill by crowding into) · es retellenar (to fill by crowding into) · es empapuzarse (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · ca empaquetar (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · mi hāpuku (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · pl wypchać (to fill by crowding into) · es darse una panzada empacharse (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · fr fourrer (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · ota طیقمق (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · no fylle (to fill by crowding into) · hu jóllakott (to be sated) · fi olla täynnä (to be sated) · fa چپاندن (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · nl opzetten (to preserve a dead animal) · ru засу́нуть (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · it stipare (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · es rellenar (to fill with seasoning) · cmn 充塞 (to fill by crowding into) · es atiborrarse (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · fi tunkea (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · es disecar (to preserve a dead animal) · ro îndopa (to fill by crowding into) · lt kim̃šti (to fill by crowding into) · hu összetört (to break) · bg тъпча се (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · de reinstopfen (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · fi sekoittaa jonkun pää (to cram the mind of) · ru набива́ть (to fill by crowding into) · de füllen (to fill with seasoning) · nap abbuffà (to fill by crowding into) · es rellenar (to fill by crowding into) · bg тъпча (to fill by crowding into) · da opfylde (to fill by crowding into) · fi mässätä (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · el παρατρώω (to be sated) · te కుక్కు (to fill by crowding into) · eo farĉi (to fill by crowding into) · he שבע (to be sated) · ru быть сытым (to be sated) · da udstoppe (to preserve a dead animal) · ro îndesa (to fill by crowding into) · fa تپاندن (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · mi hāpuku (to make sated) · el φουσκώνω (to be sated) · bg натъпквам (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · ro înfunda (to fill by crowding into) · fi tukkia (to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration) · de ausstopfen (to fill by crowding into) · izh tukkia (to fill by crowding into) · my သိပ် (to fill by crowding into) · fr truffer (to fill by crowding into) · bg засищам (to make sated) · da stoppe (to fill by crowding into) · fr empailler (to preserve a dead animal) · fi sulloa (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · tr tıkmak (to fill by crowding into) · sv stoppa (to fill by crowding into) · de stopfen (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · ru фарширова́ть (to fill with seasoning) · es henchir (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · ru запихну́ть (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · lad reyenar (to fill by crowding into) · he מלא (to fill by crowding into) · ja 詰める (to fill by crowding into) · la farciō (to fill by crowding into) · he נשבר (to break) · it farcire (to fill by crowding into) · ru наби́ть (to preserve a dead animal) · lad inchir (to fill by crowding into) · pl napchać (to fill by crowding into) · ro îmbuiba (to fill by crowding into) · it essere pieno (to be sated) · de ausstopfen (to preserve a dead animal) · el γεμίζω (to fill by crowding into) · pt entupir (to fill by crowding into) · es empacar (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · fi sulloa täyteen (to fill by crowding into) · ca farcir (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · sv fylla (to fill by crowding into) · es darse un hartazgo (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · nl vreten (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · ja 満たす (to be sated) · fi panna täytteeksi (to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material) · es atiborrar (to fill by crowding into) · de nudeln (vulgar: to sexually penetrate) · he פחלץ (to preserve a dead animal) · hu eltörött (to break) · ru совать (vulgar: to sexually penetrate) · fr farcir (to fill by crowding into) · ru заполня́ть (to fill by crowding into) · ru заполня́ть (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · hu tele (to be sated) · ru набива́ть (to preserve a dead animal) · ru слома́ться (to break) · bg подпълвам (to form or fashion by packing with the necessary material) · hu töm (to fill by crowding into) · fr péter (to break) · af vreet (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · fi rikkoa (to break) · it essere satollo (to be sated) · ru запра́вить (to fill with seasoning) · es meter (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · ca estibar (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · nl vrotten (to fill by crowding into) · pl faszerować (to preserve a dead animal) · ca dissecar (to preserve a dead animal) · de füllen (to fill by crowding into) · fi panna (vulgar: to sexually penetrate) · es embotir (disused) (to fill with seasoning) · ja 壊れる (to break) · fi täyttää (to fill by crowding into) · de voll sein (to make sated) · th กรอก (to fill with seasoning) · lo ອົ່ວ (to fill with seasoning) · pt socar (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · es darse una hartada (to eat in a hearty or greedy manner) · rup ndes (to fill by crowding into) · fr bourrer (to fill by crowding into) · fi särkeä (to break) · es embutir (to fill with seasoning) · pt empalhar (to preserve a dead animal) · de verstopfen (to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration) · de hineinstopfen (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · el παραγεμίζω (to fill by crowding into) · fi täyttää (to preserve a dead animal) · fr déglinguer (to break) · hu törött (to break) · fi kiilata (to cut off in a race) · io burizar (to fill by crowding into) · sv stoppa upp (to preserve a dead animal) · es llenar (to be sated) · ro înghesui (to fill by crowding into) · bg засищам се (to be sated) · pl nadziewać (to fill by crowding into) · te కూరు (to fill by crowding into) · pl nadziać (to fill by crowding into) · ota طیقمق (to fill by crowding into) · ru запо́лнить (to fill by crowding into) · ru насытиться (to be sated) · la stīpō (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · fi panna tukkoon (to obstruct the organs of sense or respiration) · he מלא (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · vi nhồi (to fill by crowding into) · ca embotir (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) · bg препарирам (to preserve a dead animal) · es retellenar (to fill with seasoning) · no stappe (to fill by crowding into) · mi opuru (to fill by crowding into) · eo farĉi (to fill with seasoning)