stuffed
pronunciation
How to pronounce stuffed in British English:
UK [stʌft]
How to pronounce stuffed in American English:
US [stʌft]
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- Adjective:
- filled with something
- crammed with food
Word Origin
- stuffed (adj.)
- mid-15c., in reference to garments, "padded with stuffing," past participle adjective from stuff- (v.). Hence stuffed shirt "pompous, ineffectual person" (1913).
Example
- 1. The opportunities for envelopes stuffed with banknotes to change hands are thus minimised .
- 2. While he rested in the bedroom , mom whipped up a feast of pelmeni and stuffed peppers .
- 3. This may have been because they were interested in what I was saying . Or it may have been because of the stuffed toys in the audience .
- 4. The electoral complaints commission later received allegations that the ballot boxes had been stuffed for president hamid karzai before polls opened , at the instigation of a local mp and tribal leader .
- 5. When his parents took him on trips to antique shops , he found himself most interested in the stuffed animals .