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that's the stuff

that's the stuff interjection: said in approval of something pleasurable.

Interjection

  1. Said in approval of something pleasurable.
    • "Get out the Cardigan, Jasper," said the colonel to the man, who forthwith produced a three-quarters-full black bottle, with the word "Brandy," in black letters on the ivory label.
      "Ah, that's the stuff!" exclaimed the colonel […]1852, The New Monthly Magazine, page 310

Questions about that's the stuff

What does that's the stuff mean?
That's the stuff means said in approval of something pleasurable.
What part of speech is that's the stuff?
That's the stuff is an interjection.

Words near that's the stuff in the dictionary

  1. that's something
  2. that's that
  3. that's that on that
  4. that's the bunny
  5. that's the spirit
  6. that's the stuff
  7. that's the thing
  8. that's the ticket
  9. that's the ticket for soup
  10. that's the tip
  11. that's the way it goes

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