[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’