stuff

(noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. Synonyms: material. Examples: "Coal is a hard black material." "Wheat is the stuff they use to make bread."

(noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects. Examples: "The trunk was full of stuff."

(noun) informal terms for personal possessions. Synonyms: clobber. Examples: "Did you take all your clobber?."

(noun) senseless talk. Synonyms: stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock. Examples: "Don't give me that stuff."

(noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something. Examples: "The stuff of heros." "You don't have the stuff to be a united states marine."

(noun) information in some unspecified form. Examples: "It was stuff i had heard before." "There's good stuff in that book."

(noun) a critically important or characteristic component. Examples: "Suspense is the very stuff of narrative."

(verb) cram into a cavity. Examples: "The child stuffed candy into his pockets."

(verb) press or force. Synonyms: thrust, shove, squeeze. Examples: "Stuff money into an envelope." "She thrust the letter into his hand."

(verb) obstruct. Synonyms: lug, choke up, block. Examples: "My nose is all stuffed." "Her arteries are blocked."

(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. Synonyms: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out. Examples: "She stuffed herself at the dinner." "The kids binged on ice cream."

(verb) treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting. Examples: "Stuff a bearskin."

(verb) fill tightly with a material. Examples: "Stuff a pillow with feathers."

(verb) fill with a stuffing while cooking. Synonyms: farce. Examples: "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?."