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Definitions for Stuffing

[1] the act of a person or thing that stuffs.
[2] a material or substance used to stuff something.
[3] seasoned bread crumbs or other filling used to stuff a chicken, turkey, etc., before cooking.
[4] Informal . internal parts; insides: to beat the stuffing out of an opponent.
[5] the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
[6] material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building.
[7] material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff.
[8] Chiefly British . woven material or fabric, especially wool.
[9] property, as personal belongings or equipment; things.
[10] something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
[11] inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one.
[12] Informal . action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff.
[13] worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet.
[14] worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense.
[15] Sports . Baseball . the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the tougher hitters in the lineup. spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff.
[16] Informal . journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances: Bach composed some splendid stuff.
[17] Informal . one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff.
[18] Slang . any kind of drug, especially an illicit one.
[19] Also called stock. Papermaking . refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire.
[20] to fill (a receptacle), especially by packing the contents closely together; cram full.
[21] to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it.
[22] to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
[23] to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food.
[24] to fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter.
[25] to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display.
[26] to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
[27] to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like.
[28] to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
[29] to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons.
[30] to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc.
[31] (in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other ingredients.
[32] to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually followed by up ).
[33] to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge.
[34] the material with which something is stuffed
[35] a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking
[36] knock the stuffing out of someone to upset or dishearten someone completely
[37] to pack or fill completely; cram
[38] (intr) to eat large quantities
[39] to force, shove, or squeeze to stuff money into a pocket
[40] to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
[41] to fill (an animal's skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
[42] slang to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
[43] tanning to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
[44] US and Canadian to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
[45] (in marine transport) to pack (a container) See also stuffing and stripping
[46] slang to ruin, frustrate, or defeat
[47] the raw material or fabric of something
[48] woollen cloth or fabric
[49] any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
[50] stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc
[51] subject matter, skill, etc he knows his stuff
[52] a slang word for money
[53] slang a drug, esp cannabis
[54] British slang a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff )
[55] do one's stuff informal to do what is expected of one
[56] that's the stuff that is what is needed

Words related to Stuffing

filling, dressing, padding, packing, fill, quilting, filler, wadding, insides, tomentum, feathers

Words nearby Stuffing

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Origin of Stuffing

1300–50; (v.) late Middle English stuffen to equip, furnish < Old French estoffer literally, to stuff < Frankish *stopfōn, *stoppōn (see stop); (noun) Middle English < Old French estoffe, derivative of the v.

Other words from Stuffing

un·der·stuff·ing , noun
stuff·less , adjective
re·stuff , verb (used with object)
un·der·stuff , verb (used with object)
un·stuff , verb (used with object)
un·stuffed , adjective
well-stuffed , adjective

Word origin for Stuffing

C14: from Old French estoffe, from estoffer to furnish, provide, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stopfen to cram full

Synonyms for Stuffing

fill, filler, packing, padding, quilting, wadding