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

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

Toby is everywhere: in menu drawings, as a pleather stuffed toy, as a statue, and — on opening day — even shaped as an ice cream bar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“I question how this money is just getting stuffed into all these hundreds of defense startups. And a lot of times I look at it and I’m like, there’s not a market there,” Lowery said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Since 1987, the library has had on display the original stuffed toys from the 1920s that inspired the Winnie the Pooh stories.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

I sighed and stuffed them into my purse.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Related Words

• filled
• jammed
• loaded
• packed