Definition of stuff
1
:materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: such as
a
obsolete
:military baggage
2
:material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction
- clear half-inch pine stuff
- —Emily Holt
3
:a finished textile suitable for clothing;
especially
:wool or worsted material
4 a
:literary or artistic production
b
:writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value :trash
5 a
:an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter
- volcanic rock is curious stuff
b
:something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans
c
:a matter to be considered
- the truth was heady stuff
- long-term policy stuff
d
:a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles
- pick that stuff up off the floor
- conservation and … all kinds of good stuff
- —Eric Korn
6 a
:fundamental material :substance
- the stuff of greatness
b
:subject matter
- a teacher who knows her stuff
7
:special knowledge or capability
- showing their stuff
8 a
:spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course
b
:the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight :the liveliness of a pitch
- greatest pitcher of my time … had tremendous stuff
- —Ted Williams
9
:dunk shot
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