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stuff - miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" |
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object,
physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
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doodad,
doohickey,
doojigger,
gimmick,
gismo,
gizmo,
gubbins,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
thingmabob,
thingmajig,
thingumabob,
thingumajig,
thingummy,
whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum,
whatsis,
widget something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
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etcetera additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; "his report was full of etceteras"
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sundries miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified
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stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" |
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hooey,
poppycock |
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bunk,
hokum,
meaninglessness,
nonsense,
nonsensicality a rough bed (as at a campsite)
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argot,
cant,
jargon,
lingo,
patois,
slang,
vernacular insincere talk about religion or morals
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stuff - unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" |
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quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
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stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" |
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center,
centre,
core,
essence,
gist,
heart,
heart and soul,
inwardness,
kernel,
marrow,
meat,
nitty-gritty,
nub,
pith,
substance,
sum a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
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stuff - information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" |
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info,
information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
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stuff - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" |
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clobber |
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personalty,
personal estate,
personal property,
private property movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
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| Verb |
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stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
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farce,
stuff fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
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fill,
fill up,
make full plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
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cork stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
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stuff - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
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lug,
block |
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loosen up,
unstuff cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
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back up,
choke,
choke off,
clog,
clog up,
congest,
foul make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
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stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" |
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cram prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
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chock up,
cram,
jam,
jampack,
ram,
wad prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
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overstuff stuff too much; "The pillow was overstuffed"
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fill out,
pad add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
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stuff - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin" |
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impregnate,
saturate make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
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tan get a tan, from wind or sun
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