stuffed

British  

/ stʌft /

adjective

1. filled with something, esp (of poultry and other food) filled with stuffing

2. (foll by up) (of the nasal passages) blocked with mucus

3. slang an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person

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Explanation

If something is stuffed, it's packed full of material, like the giant stuffed rabbit you won at the country fair. If a person is stuffed, she's had too much to eat. You might sit back after eating an entire pizza and murmur, "I'm stuffed." If you're stuffed up, you've got a bad cold and your head is stuffed with mucous. When objects are stuffed, it's usually because they're full of stuffing, like a stuffed armchair or a stuffed animal. It was once common to insult someone who was pompous but ineffectual by calling him a "stuffed shirt."

Example Sentences

She’d hired a local BBQ judge who emptied out a hog, stuffed it with pulled pork and sewed it back together.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Their odd shape, combined with their ambling demeanor, inspires curiosity, as well as a lot of plush stuffed animals.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Footage purportedly of Sunday's incident filmed by other zoogoers and shared on social media shows a person wearing a costume and carrying a stuffed toy jumping over a fence and into the monkey enclosure.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Inside the enclosure built to welcome his parents, the 170-day-old cub, whose name means "brave and noble warrior", was playing with a panda stuffed toy and a bamboo teether.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He liked playing house with Leah and Rosie and Skipper when they would cook pretend dinners on the little stove and serve the dinners to the stuffed animals that they propped up in chairs.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Related Words

• filled
• jammed
• loaded
• packed