stuff
 
stuff
 (stŭf) noun
1.
	The material out of which something is made or formed; substance. 
2.
	The essential substance or elements; essence: "We are such stuff/As dreams are made on" (Shakespeare). 
3.
	Informal. a. Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there. b. Household or personal articles considered as a group. c. Worthless objects.
4.	Slang. Specific talk or actions: Don't give me that stuff about being tired. 
5.	Sports. a. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed. b. 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).
6.	Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship. 
7.	Chiefly British. Woven material, especially woolens. 
8.	Slang. Money; cash. 
9.	Slang. A habit-forming drug, especially heroin. 
verb
stuffed, stuffing, stuffs
 
verb
, transitive
1.
	a. To pack tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking. b. To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
2.	a. To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow. b. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
3.	To cram with food. 
4.	To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions. 
5.	To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). 
6.	To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather). 
verb
, intransitive
To overeat; gorge. 
 
idiom.
stuff it Vulgar Slang
Used as an intensive to express extreme anger, frustration, or disgust. 
stuff (one's) face Slang
To eat greedily. 
 
[Middle English, from Old French estoffe, from estoffer, to equip, of Germanic origin.]
 stuff
ʹer noun