stuffing

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈstʌfɪŋ/
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/ˈstʌfɪŋ/ · /ˈstʊfɪŋ/ · /ˈstʊfɪŋɡ/

Definition of stuffing

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of stuff
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of stuff

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
    “The stuffing is made of synthetic goose down.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Any of many food items used to stuff another.
    “stuffing for a Christmas turkey”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of stuffing something with another thing.
    “I'll make the sauce if you do the stuffing of the chicken.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Severe defeat.
    “United were given an absolute stuffing by City.”
  6. (Internet, countable, uncountable)The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
  7. (US, countable, uncountable)A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
  8. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)An act of penetrative sexual intercourse.
    “I gave her a good stuffing.”

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Etymology

By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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