ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Stuffed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /stʌft/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Stuffed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of stuff.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of stuff.

More Meanings

  1. Full or packed (with some material or substance).
  2. (cooking) Filled with a filling and seasoning.
  3. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
  4. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
  5. (slang) Full after eating.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills
Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.
The more stuffed your hard drive, the more Blob-like it becomes.
Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.

Synonyms for stuffed

Depending on context, synonyms include exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include full, shit-faced, fluffy, pissed, hungry, teddy.

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