stuffed

B1
US /stʌft/
adj verb Freq #4877

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    filled with something

    a stuffed turkey

  2. 2
    adj

    Full or packed (with some material or substance).

    Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

  3. 3
    adj

    Filled with a filling and seasoning.

    We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.

  4. 4
    adj

    Full after eating.

    Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

  5. 5
    adj

    Very tired.

    'Well, you talked me into it,' said Cornelius. 'I feel really stuffed. I can tell you that for sure. So I could do with a bloody good sleep.'

  6. 6
    adj

    Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.

    If the suspension was stuffed already from hitting the concrete base of the fence—and it was—then it was really stuffed by the time we'd gone a kilometre along the railway.

  7. 7
    adj

    crammed with food

  8. 8
    verb

    simple past and past participle of stuff

Etymology

From stuff + -ed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · full or packed (with some... stuffed to the gills
4 adj · full after eating. stuffed to the gills
5 adj · very tired. banjaxedbeatbleareyedblearybleary-eyedbone-tiredbuggeredbushedbustedcream crackereddead tireddog-tired
6 adj · broken, not functional; in... badborkedbrokenbroken-downbumbungbustedcactusedcrockeddeaddonald duckeddown
Word family
Derived forms overstuffedstuffed-shirtstuffednessunderstuffedunstuffed

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