stuff

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Things in general, when you do not say exactly what they are.

   The drawer was full of old stuff I had forgotten about.

2. 2
   noun

   Information, ideas, or activities of an unspecified kind.

   He told me some interesting stuff about his trip.

3. 3
   verb

   To fill something tightly with a material.

   She stuffed the pillow with feathers.

4. 4
   verb

   To fill food, such as a chicken, with a mixture before cooking it.

   Have you stuffed the turkey yet?

From Middle English stuf, stuffe, borrowed from Medieval 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.

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