Definizione monolingua

stuff

stuff (third-person singular simple present stuffs, present participle stuffing, simple past and past participle stuffed)

1. To fill something up in a compressed manner.

   She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe of diced bread, onions, and celery .

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.

2. To sate (used in the passive).

   I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.

3. (UK, Australian, New Zealand) To be broken.

   It’s stuffed.

4. (vulgar, UK, Australian, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.

   Get stuffed you arsehole!

5. To be cut off in a race by having ones projected and committed racing line (trajectory) disturbed by an abrupt manoeuvre by a competitor.

   I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.

stuff (uncountable)

1. Miscellaneous items; things; (with possessive) personal effects.

   What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?

   He didnt want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.

2. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
3. A material for making clothing; a textile, often especially a woollen fabric.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 147:

     She was going out to buy some lengths of good woollen stuff for Louises winter dresses.

4. Abstract substance or character.
   • c. 1599 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar: Act 3, scene 2, 91–94

     When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff

   • c. 1610 William Shakespeare, The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 156–157

     We are such stuff / As dreams are made on

5. (informal) Used as placeholder for material of unknown type or name.

   Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?

6. (slang, informal) Substitution for trivial details.

   I had to do some stuff.

7. (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
   • 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 11 Mar 1947:

     For some idiotic reason the bureaucrats are more opposed to tea than to stuff.

Definizione dizionario stuff

	cose
	miscellaneous items; things

	farcire
	to fill something up in a compressed manner

	stoffa
	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

materiale

	essere pieno
	to be sated

	essere satollo
	to be sated

	fottere
	vulgar, British, Australian: insult

	tessuto
	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

affare

bastone

cosa

empire

essenza

faccenda

ficcare

imbalsamare

imbottire

impagliare

infarcire

materia

mettere

oggetto

porre

riempire

rimpinzarsi

roba

sostanza

stipare

Altri significati:

(UK, Australian, New Zealand) To be broken.

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

To fill something up in a compressed manner.

British, Australian: to be broken

(informal) Used as placeholder for material of unknown type or name.

Miscellaneous items.

To be sated.

To be cut off in a race by having one's projected and committed racing line (trajectory) disturbed by an abrupt manoeuvre by a competitor.

Abstract substance or character.

(slang, informal) Substitution for trivial details.

(vulgar, UK, Australian, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.

(slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.

(pitcher’s) stuff

Miscellaneous items; things.

substitution for trivial details

A material for making clothing; a textile, often especially a woollen fabric.