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Stuffing   /stˈəfɪŋ/   Listen
Stuffing

noun
1.
A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables.  Synonym: dressing.
2.
Padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture.


Stuff

verb
(past & past part. stuffed; pres. part. stuffing)
1.
Cram into a cavity.
2.
Press or force.  Synonyms: shove, squeeze, thrust.  "She thrust the letter into his hand"
3.
Obstruct.  Synonyms: block, choke up, lug.  "Her arteries are blocked"  Antonym: unstuff.
4.
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.  Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out.  "The kids binged on ice cream"
5.
Treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting.
6.
Fill tightly with a material.
7.
Fill with a stuffing while cooking.  Synonym: farce.



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"Stuffing" Quotes from Famous Books



... boss," replied the other, with his mouth full, stuffing away in his usual fashion. "Ye potted the coon nicely, ye did; an' sarved him right, too, fur meddlin' with the grub. I thought ...
— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson
... Miss Glitters, eyeing him archly, as he sat stuffing his mouth with currant-loaf plentifully besmeared with raspberry-jam. 'He'll be wanting a wife soon,' added she, smiling across the table at ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees
... scholars who were spectators of Miss Tucker's indignation smiled. Some of them grew red in the face and looked at their companions. Little Charity Jones rattled out a good, hearty, irrepressible giggle, which she succeeded in arresting only by stuffing her apron ...
— Duffels • Edward Eggleston
... day of all others,—repairing machinery. I'm off work, for the first time in four months. There has been no low water all summer. Regular header, straight through. Don't you see I'm perfectly emaciated with the confinement? I've breathed in wool-stuffing till I feel like ...
— The Other Girls • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
... little the champagne popped. "Dry Monopole!" moaned the manager, near to tears. "It came up along with the oysters. O sirs, O sirs, but this is hard on us all! Now they're at the turkey—and I chopped the stuffing with my ...
— Stingaree • E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung


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