stuffed animal

American  

[stuhft an-uh-muhl] / ˈstʌft ˈæn ə məl /

noun

stuffed animals plural

1. a child's toy or decorative item in the form of an animal, usually having a plush exterior and a soft, light filling.

2. an animal preserved for display, usually by filling or mounting its skin on a shaped support structure; a product of taxidermy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• stuffed animals
  plural

Example Sentences

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stuffed animal

Even as they warm to one another, the still-anxious Boy begins feeling queasy, with disastrous results that literally and spectacularly spoil his cute first-date gift of a stuffed animal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Moments before her death, Ms Marquez was sitting at a table holding a stuffed animal at her beauty salon in the suburb of Zapopan doing a livestream.

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

No insurance can replace a stuffed animal that held memories of childhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Netflix itself, which gets a couple of shout-outs, including a parody of “The Crown” focused entirely on the stuffed animal collection of Britain’s Prince Andrew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

I wanted to ask them to buy me a stuffed animal and then go home with them and change my name and live forever.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart