Definitions for stuffing

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stuffing stuff·ing

Spelling: [stuhf-ing]

IPA: /ˈstʌf ɪŋ/

Stuffing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in stuffing (ffginstu).

Definitions for stuffing

noun

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:
5. the material of which anything is made:
6. material to be worked upon or to be used in making something:
7. material of some unspecified kind:
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:
12. Informal. action or talk of a particular kind:
13. worthless things or matter: Synonyms: junk, debris, litter; refuse, waste, rubbish, trash.
14. worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: Synonyms: blather, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash.
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: spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player:
16. Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances:
17. Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.:
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.

verb (used with object)

1. to fill (a receptacle), especially by packing the contents closely together; cram full.
2. to fill (an aperture, cavity, etc.) by forcing something into it.
3. to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
4. to fill or cram (oneself, one's stomach, etc.) with food.
5. to fill (meat, vegetables, etc.) with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter.
6. to fill the preserved skin of (a dead animal) with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display.
7. to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
8. to thrust or cram (something) into a receptacle, cavity, or the like. Synonyms: jam, compress, press, ram; stow.
9. to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
10. to crowd (a vehicle, room, etc.) with persons.
11. to clutter or fill (the mind) with facts, details, etc.
12. (in leather manufacturing) to treat (a skin, hide, etc.) with a composition of tallow and other ingredients.
13. to stop up or plug; block or choke (usually followed by up). Synonyms: clog, obstruct.

verb (used without object)

1. to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge.

Origin of stuffing

First recorded in 1520-30; stuff + -ing¹

Examples for stuffing

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

Hot Dog History for Joey Chestnut Nothing says American pride like stuffing your face full of hot dogs.

Fill the fowl with the stuffing, placing in the yolks and truffles.

Pizzacone tried to solve that problem for busy New Yorkers by stuffing sauce and toppings into a dough cone.

If he talks to you about it, tell him there isn't any stuffing in me to speak of.

On the other hand, stuffing a traditional taco into a Dorito shell worked pretty damned well for the chain.

Lay a little of the stuffing in each kidney and fold it over.

Reserve some of the stuffing to rub all over the outside of the meat.

Put the stuffing in the haddock, and fasten it with a small skewer.

He returns to these themes in Nine Inches, a collection of stories that unzips the American dream, and pulls out all the stuffing.