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noun

ˈstə-fiŋ How to pronounce stuffing (audio)
Definition of stuffingnext
as in filling
soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something never heard of using goose down as stuffing for comforters until she moved to a cold climate

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verb

present participle of stuff
1
as in packing
to close up so that no empty spaces remain stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around

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2
as in gorging
to fill with food to capacity kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper

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3
as in cramming
to fit (people or things) into a tight space stuffed all the kids into the back of the car

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4
as in blocking
to prevent passage through by filling with something I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed

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as in loading
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico

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Recent Examples of stuffing
Noun
Pick up sandwiches and snacks at Moulton Farm for a beach or hiking picnic, or cozy up at a table in Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant for The Gobbler sandwich (turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and mayo on brioche). — Annie Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026 Second, evaluate your exposure to phishing and credential stuffing, the leading causes of breaches. — Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
Another practice involved staff stuffing insects, herbs and different scents into the leaves of lettuce heads, offering the adolescent skunks another challenge that would put their developing foraging skills to the test. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 Some of you enjoy turning them into completely new dishes, stuffing them into ancho peppers or making Polish beet soup just to use up your fridge's odds and ends. — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stuffing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffing
  1. filling
  2. packing
  3. gorging
  4. cramming
  5. blocking
  6. loading
  7. fill
  8. plugging
Noun
  • Order a classic deli sandwich or oven grinder served with a towering pile of fries, or opt for something a little more filling like Grandma’s Homemade Meatloaf topped with beef gravy.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The cabin comes in white-brown, black-brown, or all-black color schemes and features five seats with 10-layer filling, ventilation (bottom-blow, back-suction), and heating.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • The AirPods Pro 3 deliver ultimate quiet for busy campus routines, packing twice the active noise cancellation of previous models to block out library distractions.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • And packing no GoTo computer requires at least a rudimentary knowledge of the night sky and a star atlas or planetarium software.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of packing
Verb
  • There will be title defenses from Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo, who are the Michael Jordan and Diana Taurasi of gorging sausages.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Definition of gorging
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  • The situation is also symptomatic of broader strains on the country's higher education system, where grossly limited spots leave millions cramming for months, or even years, and high-stakes entrance exams leave many of them burnt out and in debt.
    — Sakshi Dayal, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • An early 2022 op-ed in the University of Calgary’s student newspaper described the idea as the antithesis of hustle culture, one that finds satisfaction in mundane tasks rather than cramming productivity into every waking moment.
    — Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Definition of cramming
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  • When Duterte refused, China began blocking Filipino fishermen from the shoal again.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The prior month a federal court judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate arrests in Southern California.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of blocking
Verb
  • Plenty of my friends worked there loading clays; nothing like working in a box in the middle of August, with the sun beating down on a barren landscape, just make gas money and some Friday night jingle.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Still, trading Ray will be another avenue to continue loading a farm system on the rise.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of loading
Noun
  • Several inches of sand fill the front row of Aliso Beach's parking lot after surf coupled with high tides pounded the Orange County shore.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The Vlog Combo comes with a new DJI Mic Mini 2 wireless mic, a clip-on fill light, a mini tripod, and a carrying bag.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
Definition of fill
Verb
  • Gray has spent most of his short senior career plugging gaps and at some stage needs to settle in one position.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Whatever the Padres do, Monday’s trade deadline will be about plugging holes.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of plugging

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