stuffed
UK/stʌft/
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Midlands/stʊft/
stuffed is the simple past and past participle of stuff.
Adjective
stuffed (comparative more stuffed, superlative most stuffed)
- Full or packed (with some material or substance).
- Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills
- Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.
- Synonyms:
- stuffed to the gills
- Filled with a filling and seasoning.
- We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.
- The turkey is stuffed with a stuffing made of bread and herbs.
- Full after eating.
- Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills
- Stuffed children sleep poorly.
- Synonyms:
- stuffed to the gills
- Very tired.
- 'Well, you talked me into it,' said Cornelius. 'I feel really stuffed. I can tell you that for sure. So I could do with a bloody good sleep.'2011, Nick Oud, The Hatchling and The Human, Xlibris, page 74
- Synonyms:
- exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked
- Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
- If the suspension was stuffed already from hitting the concrete base of the fence—and it was—then it was really stuffed by the time we'd gone a kilometre along the railway.1998, John Marsden, The Night is for Hunting, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2001, unnumbered page
- But if you don't play ball in life, if you don′t go for it with a sincere 'Go, girrrrl' rugby-tackle attitude, you're really stuffed.2002, Clare de Vries, Of Cats and Kings, page 174
Meaning of stuff
Verb
stuff (third-person singular simple present stuffs, present participle stuffing, simple past and past participle stuffed)
- To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
- To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
- To fill with seasoning.
- She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
- To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- To sate.
- I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
- To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
- She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
- Synonyms:
- fill one's face, feed one's face, stuff one's face
Synonyms of stuffed
Forms of stuffed
| comparative | more stuffed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stuffed |
Origin of stuffed
From stuff + -ed.
Words formed from stuffed
Phrases with stuffed
Words that rhyme with stuffed
Questions about stuffed
- What does stuffed mean?
- Stuffed means full or packed (with some material or substance).
- What is stuffed the simple past and past participle of?
- Stuffed is the simple past and past participle of stuff.
- What part of speech is stuffed?
- Stuffed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce stuffed?
- Stuffed is pronounced /stʌft/ (UK).
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