stuffing
Meanings
Plural: stuffings
Noun
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
- The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
- Any of many food items used to stuff another.
- The act of stuffing something with another
- A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
- Severe defeat
- The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
- A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
Verb
- cram into a cavity
- press or force
- obstruct
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- fill tightly with a material
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- present participle and gerund of stuff
Origin / Etymology
By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.
Synonyms
binge, block, choke up, dressing, englut, engorge, farce, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, lug, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
stuffing is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordstuffing is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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