stuffs: meaning and definitions

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. Household or personal articles considered as a group. 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. 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).