bag and baggage — {adv.}, {informal} With all your clothes and other personal belongings, especially movable possessions; completely. * /If they don t pay their hotel bill they will be put out bag and baggage./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bag and baggage — {adv.}, {informal} With all your clothes and other personal belongings, especially movable possessions; completely. * /If they don t pay their hotel bill they will be put out bag and baggage./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stuff — stuff1 W3S1 [stʌf] n [U] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(things)¦ 2 somebody s stuff 3¦(activities/ideas)¦ 4¦(work/art)¦ 5 ... and stuff 6 the (very) stuff of dreams/life/politics 7¦(character)¦ 8 do/show your stuff ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; … Dictionary of contemporary English
stuff — [[t]stʌ̱f[/t]] ♦♦ stuffs, stuffing, stuffed 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing … English dictionary
stuff — 1 /stVf/ noun (U) 1 SUBSTANCE informal a kind of substance or material: What s that stuff you re drinking? | The dress was made of silky stuff. 2 THINGS informal a number of different things: How do you think you re going to fit all that stuff… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bag — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ heavy ▪ empty ▪ small ▪ burlap (AmE), canvas … Collocations dictionary
stuff — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estuffes goods, from estuffer to fill in (with rubble), furnish, equip, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stopfōn to stop up, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare more at stop Date: 14th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bag — 1. tv. to capture and arrest someone. (See also bagged. Underworld.) □ They bagged the robber with the loot still on him. □ We’ll be able to bag the alleged killer when we have more evidence. 2. n. an ugly woman. (Rude and derogatory.) □ Tell the … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
stuff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Stuff is used after these nouns: ↑food {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ frantically, hastily, quickly PREPOSITION ▪ down … Collocations dictionary
stuff — 1. noun 1) suede is tough stuff Syn: material, fabric, cloth, textile; matter, substance 2) first aid stuff Syn: items, articles, objects, goods, equipment; informal things … Thesaurus of popular words