stuff

stuff · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun, informal) Material, articles, or activities of a specified type.

  2. 2.

    (noun) The basic material from which something is made.

  3. 3.

    (noun) A person's belongings, equipment, or baggage.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To fill something tightly with material.

  5. 5.

    (verb) To fill oneself with food.

Related words

See also: fill, material, things
Synonyms: belongings, material, matter, things

Etymology

From Old French estoffe ("material, substance, fabric"), from estoffer ("to equip, furnish"), of uncertain origin, possibly from Germanic stoppōn ("to stop, plug"). The meaning evolved from "fabric" to "material" to the general informal sense of "things."