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stuff
(stŭf)n.
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: Don't 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 shooter's 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.
Idioms: To overeat; gorge.
stuff it Vulgar Slang
Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust.
stuff (one's) face Slang
To eat greedily.
[Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.]
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stuffed
(stʌft)adj
1. (Cookery) filled with something, esp (of poultry and other food) filled with stuffing
2. (Physiology) (foll by up) (of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus
3. get stuffed! slang Brit an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
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stuffed
- farctated, farctate - A farctated diner is one who cannot eat another bite; if you are farctate, you are stuffed to the gills or bloated from eating a large meal.
- pimola - An olive stuffed with sweet red pepper.
- gefilte fish - Not a species, but a fish loaf made from various kinds of ground fish and other ingredients; the first word is from Yiddish, from German gefullte, "stuffed."
- pudding - Originally a sausage—the stomach or intestine of a pig, sheep, etc.—stuffed with other food.
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Adj. | 1. | stuffed - filled with something; "a stuffed turkey" full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" |
2. | stuffed - crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" |
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stuffed
[stʌft]A. ADJ
1. (in taxidermy) [animal] → disecado, embalsamado
3. (= full) I'm stuffed → estoy hasta arriba
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