I. noun see: stop
Date: 14th century
materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: as, military baggage, personal property , material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction , a finished textile suitable for clothing,
4. literary or artistic production, writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value ; trash ,
5. an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter , something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans, a matter to be considered , a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles ,
6. fundamental material ; substance , subject matter , special knowledge or capability ,
8. spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course, the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight ; the liveliness of a pitch , dunk shot , stuffless adjective
II. transitive verb
Date: 15th century
1. to fill by packing things in ; cram , to fill to satiety ; surfeit , to prepare (meat or vegetables) by filling or lining with a stuffing, to fill (as a cushion) with a soft material, to fill out the skin of (an animal) for mounting,
2. to fill by intellectual effort , to pack full of something immaterial , to fill or block up (as nasal passages),
4. to cause to enter or fill ; thrust , to put (as a ball or puck) into a goal forcefully from close range,
5. — used in the imperative to express contempt — often used in the phrases stuff it and get stuffed to stop (a ballcarrier) abruptly in a football game