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stuff(dictionary)
Stuff(medicine)
stuff(2)(dictionary)
stuff 1, noun(dictionary)
stuff 2, verb(dictionary)
Hard Stuff(money)
Stuff - Basketball(gambling)
Small Stuff - Sailing(gambling)
Loose Stuff - Motor Sports(gambling)

stuff(2) (iou)



stuff verb1. ME.
[Aphet. from Old French estoffer (mod. etoffer) equip, furnish, from Greek stuphein draw together, contract, rel. to stupeion oakum, Latin stuppa.]
verb trans. Orig. spec., draw (knights) together in a tight formation. Later gen., cram (a person) in a confined space; crowd (a number of people) together. ME.
J. Langhorne A number of people stuffed together..in small huts.
verb trans.
a. Equip (a fortified town, a stronghold, an army, etc.) with men, arms, and stores; garrison (a town). ME-L17.
b. Provide (troops) with support; reinforce; support, aid (a war). ME-M16.
verb trans. Supply (a person) with arms, provisions, money, etc. (foll. by of, with). Also, arm and equip (a soldier). ME-M17.
verb trans.
a. Equip or provide (a place) with goods, stock, inhabitants; stock with provisions or stores. LME-E17.
b. Store (goods) in a receptacle or place; keep (animals) in a place. M16-E17.
verb trans. Give a lining to (a garment etc.). LME-L16.
verb trans.
a. Fill or line with material as a padding; distend or expand with padding; esp. fill (a cushion etc.) with stuffing to provide comfortable support. Also foll. by out, up. LME.
F. W. Farrar Chewing in his agony the tow with which his mattress was stuffed.
b. Of material: serve as padding or stuffing for. E16-E17.
c. Distend or expand as if by padding. L16-L17.
verb trans. Fill (poultry, hollowed vegetables, rolled meat, etc.) with a savoury or sweet mixture as a stuffing, esp. prior to cooking. Freq. as STUFFED ppl adjective 5. LME.
E. David A..chicken, stuffed with its own liver.
verb trans.
a. Pack (a receptacle) tightly, cram full; (foll. by out) fill (a receptacle) so full as to make it bulge. Freq. as STUFFED ppl adjective 1. LME.
A. J. Cronin A..jacket, the side pockets stuffed to bursting point with pipe, handkerchief, an apple.
b. Crowd or cram (a vehicle, a room) with people. L16.
c. Place fraudulent votes in (a ballot-box). N. Amer. M19.
d. Pack or load (a freight container). slang. M20.
a. verb trans. Fill (esp. oneself, one's stomach) to repletion with food. LME.
Homes & Gardens We stuff ourselves silly on oysters, lobster, ham..and mince pies.
b. verb intrans. Gorge oneself with food. E18.
c. verb trans. Eat (food) greedily. Also foll. by down. M18.
S. Roe Estella stuffs cake. She forces it inside her.
verb trans. Orig., (of a bodily humour) clog, choke up (the body, its organs, etc.). Now, of catarrh etc.: block, cause stuffiness in (the head or nose). Now chiefly as STUFFED ppl adjective 4. LME.
verb trans. Fill out the skin of (an animal, bird, etc.) with material so as to resemble the living creature; esp. fill the skin of (an animal or bird) with materials as part of a taxidermic process to preserve it and restore it to its original form. M16.
verb trans. fig.
a. Fill or pack (a literary text, speech, etc.) with facts, lies, protestations, etc.; fill (a person, a person's head or mind) with ideas, feelings, etc. M16.
Tennyson I..stuff'd the boy with fears. F. Harrison A book stuffed with curious facts.
b. Hoax, cheat, (a person). arch. slang. M19.
a. verb trans. Block up (an aperture, a cavity, etc.) by thrusting something tightly in; plug; fill up (a joint); fill (a tooth); rare fill in the inside of (a wall) with concrete or rubble. Also, (of a substance) fill up so as to block (an aperture). L16.
J. Gilmour Stuffing the mouth of the hole with his white bonnet.
b. Force or thrust (a thing) tightly into a receptacle or cavity; push, esp. clumsily or hastily. Freq. foll. by in, into. L16.
B. Bainbridge He stuffed the letter into a drawer.
verb trans.
a. Dispose of as unwanted. Freq. in imprecations or expressions of contempt. slang. M20.
stuff it! expr. rejection or disdain.
b. Of a man: copulate with. coarse slang. M20.
Comb.: stuffbag, stuff sack a bag, used esp. in camping, into which a sleeping bag, clothing, etc., can be stuffed or packed for ease of carrying or when not in use.