Meaning

14 senses
  1. (informal, uncountable, usually)Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

    What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.

    Sachen, Kram, Zeug

    добро́dobró, ве́щиvéšči, штукиshtúki

    miscellaneous unspecified objects

  2. (informal, uncountable, usually)Unspecified things or matters.

    I had to do some stuff.

    unspecified qualities required to do or be something

  3. (uncountable, usually)The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

    Near-synonyms: constituents, ingredients; see also Thesaurus:substance

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

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

    (uncountable, usually)Abstract/figurative substance or character.

  5. (dated, uncountable, usually)Pulp; paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.

  6. (informal, uncountable, usually)Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

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

    шту́каštúka

  7. (slang, uncountable, usually)Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.

  8. (euphemistic, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.

    Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!

  9. (uncountable, usually)A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

  10. (dated, slang, uncountable, usually)Money.

  11. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

    (informal, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

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

    (archaic, uncountable, usually)A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.

Examples

1664 sentences
  1. Get this stuff out of here.

    Забери ці речі звідси. — deniko

  2. Keep your hands off my stuff.

    Не чіпай моїх речей. — deniko

    ruНе прикасайся к моим вещам. — sharptoothed

  3. Tom gathered his stuff and left.

    Том зібрав речі та пішов. — deniko

    ruТом собрал свои вещи и ушёл. — odexed

  4. I like that kind of stuff.

    Мені таке подобається. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю такие вещи. — marafon

  5. I never do stuff like that.

    Я ніколи нічого такого не роблю. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object:
miscellaneous items; things:
word substituted for material of unknown type or name, placeholder name — see also thingy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object:
substitution for trivial details:
miscellaneous items; things:

Origin

From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe

From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.

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Forms

plural: stuffs
Singularstuff

uncountable

Synonyms

226 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

33 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • all this stuff
  • kind of stuff
  • lot of stuff
  • of this stuff
  • stuff like that
  • this stuff away
  • some stuff
  • this stuff is
  • all the stuff
  • stuff like
  • stuff away
  • bought some stuff

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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