1. The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
2. The essential substance or elements; essence: We are such stuff/As dreams are made on(Shakespeare).
3. Informal
a. Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
b. Household or personal articles considered as a group.
c. Worthless objects.
4. Slang Specific talk or actions: Dont give me that stuff about being tired.
5. Sports
a. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
b. The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball: where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball(James Henry Gray).
6. Basketball A dunk shot.
7. Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
8. Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
9. Slang Money; cash.
10. Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
v.stuffed, stuff·ing, stuffs
v.tr.
1.
a. To pack (a container) tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.
b. To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
c. Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooters hands.
2.
a. To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust: stuffed laundry into the bag.
b. Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
c. Basketball To dunk (the ball).
3.
a. To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.
b. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
4. To cram with food.
5. To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.
6. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
7. To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
v.intr.
To overeat; gorge.
Idioms:
stuff itVulgar Slang
Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
stuff (ones) faceSlang
To eat greedily.
[Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.]
stuff /stf/ v. [T] 1 to fill, usu. tightly or completely, by pushing s.t. into s.t. else: She stuffed her notebooks into a desk drawer.||I am going to stuff this toy doll with cotton.2 to eat too much: He stuffed himself with bread and cheese. n. [U] 1 a general word for unnamed or unknown things: Theres some old, smelly stuff in the back of the refrigerator.||Whats that stuff youre rubbing on your hands?2infrml. a group of objects: Shes moving to a smaller house, so shes giving away some of her stuff.3 what s.o. or s.t. is made of: You are showing the right stuff: kindness and patience.4 unwanted talk or actions: Stop yelling at me; I dont need that stuff from you.
f/ v. [T] 1 to fill, usu. tightly or completely, by pushing s.t. into s.t. else: She stuffed her notebooks into a desk drawer.||I am going to stuff this toy doll with cotton. 2 to eat too much: He stuffed himself with bread and cheese. 
n. [U] 1 a general word for unnamed or unknown things: Theres some old, smelly stuff in the back of the refrigerator.||Whats that stuff youre rubbing on your hands? 2 infrml. a group of objects: Shes moving to a smaller house, so shes giving away some of her stuff. 3 what s.o. or s.t. is made of: You are showing the right stuff: kindness and patience. 4 unwanted talk or actions: Stop yelling at me; I dont need that stuff from you. 
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