Stuff Definition–noun | 1. | the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff. | | 2. | material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building. | | 3. | material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff. | | 4. | Chiefly British. woven material or fabric, esp. wool. | | 5. | property, as personal belongings or equipment; things. | | 6. | something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine. | | 7. | inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one. | | 8. | Informal. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff. | | 9. | worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet. | | 10. | worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense. | | 11. | Sports. | a. | Baseball. the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the tougher hitters in the lineup. | | b. | spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff. | | | 12. | Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances: Bach composed some splendid stuff. | | 13. | Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff. | | 14. | Slang. any kind of drug, esp. an illicit one. | | 15. | Also called stock. Papermaking. refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire. | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to fill (a receptacle), esp. by packing the contents closely together; cram full. | | 17. | to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it. | | 18. | to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing. | | 19. | to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food. | | 20. | to fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seas
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oned bread crumbs or other savory matter. | | 21. | to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display. | | 22. | to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). | | 23. | to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like. | | 24. | to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together. | | 25. | to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons. | | 26. | to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc. | | 27. | (in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other ingredients. | | 28. | to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually fol. by up). | –verb (used without object) | 29. | to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge. | |
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Voted on all kinds of gun bans and stuff when he was a Senator in Chicago. ... of drunk driving, so we had to arm our militia with paintball guns.
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Tulsa World - Found Nov. 9, 2008
'It's like paintball,' said John Dean, a 34-year-old account executive. ... 'When I learned about this stuff, I got addicted fast,' he said.
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ESPN.com - Found Nov. 1, 2008
Joe Montana would never have been the stuff of legend without Jerry Rice; ... In the woods out back, Urlacher has a full paintball setup, complete
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Northwest Herald - Found Nov. 10, 2008
... simple, visceral thrill of the sport.You get to blow stuff up, he said ... Kids don't trap or skeet shoot anymore, they paintball [for the life ...
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Found Oct. 27, 2008
... features a massive floor space for skaters to strut their stuff. Swing, shoot & score The place: Anne Arundel Paintball Park 7600 Race Road...
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TradingMarkets - Found Oct. 26, 2008
I've even had a few Realtors that have had to sell stuff.' The scene was ... televisions and cameras on the right, even a few paintball guns ...
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Popular New York Comedy Troupe to Perform at New York and Los ...
Broadway World - Found Oct. 23, 2008
Albee (Pulitzer and Tony award winner) said, 'The funny stuff is really good ... nun ruler, cat o' nine tails, hot wax, rat trap, paintball gun).
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iTeen Denver's first magazine & website for Teens!
Rocky Mountain News - Found Nov. 3, 2008
Teens can 'Enter to Win' tons of cool stuff including movie passes, gas ... entertainment, food, services and products like Paintball, Nail Salons
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SA funds Veterans paintball
The Flat Hat - Found Oct. 21, 2008
9. The Society plans to hold a day-long paintball tournament in the ... if we should be honoring people’s sacrifice by shooting stuff at each
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Oct. 19, 2008
It is the stuff of a 21st-century spy novel - terrorism, jihad, Osama bin ... at a shooting range in the Poconos and in paintball games in woods ...
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