The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
The essential substance or elements; essence: "We are such stuff/As dreams are made on” ( Shakespeare).
Informal Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
Informal Household or personal articles considered as a group.
Informal Worthless objects.
Slang Specific talk or actions: Don't give me that stuff about being tired.
Sports The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
Sports 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).
Basketball A dunk shot.
Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
Slang Money; cash.
Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
To pack (a container) tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.
To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust: stuffed laundry into the bag.
Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
Basketball To dunk (the ball).
To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.
To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
To cram with food.
To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.
To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).