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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