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[stʌf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied
(e.g: I prefer to buy stuff in sales)
- the basic constituents or characteristics of something or someone
(e.g: Healey was made of sterner stuff)
- woollen fabric, especially as distinct from silk, cotton, and linen
(e.g: her dark stuff gown)
- (in sport) spin given to a ball to make it vary its course
Phrases:
- and stuff
- get stuffed
- not give a stuff
- stuff it
- stuff one's face
- that's the stuff
Origin
:
Middle English (denoting material for making clothes): shortening of Old French estoffe ‘material, furniture’, estoffer ‘equip, furnish’, from Greek stuphein ‘draw together’
[stʌf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something
(e.g: an old teapot stuffed full of cash)
- used to express indifference towards or rejection of (something)
(e.g: stuff the diet!)
- defeat heavily in sport
(e.g: Town got stuffed every week)
- (of a man) have sex with (someone)
Phrases:
- and stuff
- get stuffed
- not give a stuff
- stuff it
- stuff one's face
- that's the stuff
Origin
:
Middle English (denoting material for making clothes): shortening of Old French estoffe ‘material, furniture’, estoffer ‘equip, furnish’, from Greek stuphein ‘draw together’
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