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Noun: stuffing  stú-fing
  1. A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
    - dressing [N. Amer]
     
  2. Padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
Verb: stuff  stúf
  1. Cram into a cavity
    "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
     
  2. Press or force
    "Stuff money into an envelope";
    - thrust, shove, squeeze
     
  3. Obstruct
    "My nose is all stuffed";
    - lug, choke up, block
     
  4. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
    "She stuffed herself at the dinner";
    - gorge, ingurgitate [rare], overindulge, glut, englut [archaic], engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise [Brit], gourmandize, binge [informal], pig out [informal], satiate, gourmandise [Brit]
     
  5. Treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
    "stuff a bearskin"
     
  6. Fill tightly with a material
    "stuff a pillow with feathers"
     
  7. (cooking) fill with a stuffing while cooking
    "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?";
    - farce

Derived forms: stuffings

Type of: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, concoction, congest, cram, cushioning, eat, fill, fill up, force, foul, impregnate, intermixture, mixture, padding, push, saturate

Encyclopedia: Stuffing

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