stuff
B1Frequent NGSL-1UK /stʌf/US /stʌf/
Meaning
noun
used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about
“What's all that sticky stuff on the carpet?”
verb
to fill a space or container tightly with something
“stuff A with B, She had 500 envelopes to stuff with leaflets.”
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“I TiVo stuff on my piece-of-junk Time Warner DVR all the time.”
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