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Noun

stuff (uncountable, stuffing)

  1. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
    What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?
  2. (cadigan ): Substitution for material of unknown type or name.
    Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?

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Translations

  • Arabic: شّيء
  • Chinese: 材料
  • Dutch: materiaal n
  • French: substance f (1), machin m (2), truc , m (2)
  • German: Material n, Stoff m, Zeug n
  • Greek: ουσία f
  • Japanese: 原料
  • Korean: 재료
  • Portuguese: material
  • Russian: вещество n (veshchestvo)
  • Spanish: materia f

Verb

to stuff (stuffs , stuffed , stuffing)

  1. To fill something up in a compressed manner.
    She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe of diced bread, onions, and celery .
  2. To be sated .
    I'm stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
  3. (British, Australian): To be broken.
    It's stuffed.
  4. (vulgar British, Australian): Insult.
    Get stuffed you arsehole.


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Translations

  • Chinese: 充塞
  • Dutch: vullen
  • French: bourrer
  • German: stopfen
  • Italian: farcire
  • Portuguese: encher
  • Russian: заполнить (zapolnit')
  • Spanish: rellenar


Related terms

  • stuffy
  • stuff-up
  • stuff you
  • stuffed up
  • get stuffed


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