Meanings
nounblackstuff (uncountable)
- UKslanguncountableTarmac.
I continue my climb along the road that once was dirt and pebbles but now is freshly paved with blackstuff.
2013, Lisa Selvidge, Summer Times in the Algarve, page 130
Origin
From black + stuff, popularized by the 1982 BBC television series Boys from the Blackstuff.
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APA
blackstuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstuff
MLA
“blackstuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstuff. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackstuff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackstuff.
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