stuffing

[ stuhf-ing ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that stuffs.
2. a material or substance used to stuff something.
3. Cooking. seasoned breadcrumbs or other filling used to stuff a chicken, turkey, etc., before cooking.
4. Informal. internal parts; insides:

   to beat the stuffing out of an opponent.

stuffing

/ ˈstʌfɪŋ /

noun

1. the material with which something is stuffed
2. a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking
3. knock the stuffing out of someone
   knock the stuffing out of someone to upset or dishearten someone completely

Other Words From

• under·stuffing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stuffing¹

First recorded in 1520–30; stuff + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Sqreen also detects common attacks, such as credential stuffing attacks, cross-site scripting, etc.

From TechCrunch

Now, this doesn’t mean you can go back to the days of stuffing keywords in your image file names.

From Search Engine Watch

Natural stuffing can be live or dead material, but dead is usually a better choice.

From Popular-Science

Warm the stuffing briefly in the microwave and spoon it into the soup when you serve.

From Washington Post

No one thought twice about stuffing the turkey, until 1996, when we reported an advisory from the USDA that warned, “Improperly cooked stuffing can cause serious illness or even death.”

From Washington Post

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

From The Daily Beast

One watchdog group reported shortages of ballots, technical problems, and ballot stuffing.

From The Daily Beast

Pizzacone tried to solve that problem for busy New Yorkers by stuffing sauce and toppings into a dough cone.

From The Daily Beast

He returns to these themes in Nine Inches, a collection of stories that unzips the American dream, and pulls out all the stuffing.

From The Daily Beast

On the other hand, stuffing a traditional taco into a Dorito shell worked pretty damned well for the chain.

From The Daily Beast

The engine did not answer very well, for the packing in the pole stuffing box used to burn out, and a cloud of steam escaped.

From Project Gutenberg

“Monsieur,” said the Comte de Lussigny with dignity, stuffing his winnings into his jacket pocket.

From Project Gutenberg

Stuffing their crackers and dried beef into their pockets, they ran out of the house and to their machines.

From Project Gutenberg

These they used for stuffing for the pad, and covered them with a pocket which Violet carefully ripped from her apron.

From Project Gutenberg

I hate seeing small boys at such moments stuffing themselves in refreshment-rooms.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dressing
• filling