stuffed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /stʊft/ (Midlands, Northern-England)
- /stʌft/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- (Australia) audio
- /stəft/ (Wales)
- /stɐft/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
From stuff + -ed.
Meanings
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Full or packed (with some material or substance).
The more stuffed your hard drive, the more Blob-like it becomes.
2009, Marsha Collier, eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd edition, unnumbered page:Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.
She didn't forget to pack anything, none of those irritating little things that wait till the last moment to pop out of hiding and make her re-open her most stuffed suitcase.
2008, Carn Tiernan, On the Back of the Other Side, page 2:Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.
1997, Philippe Bonnefis, translated by Paul Weidmann, Céline: The Recall of the Birds, page 109:In unconscious memory of this relationship of animals and innocence, children's rooms are traditionally filled with stuffed animals.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.[…].
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:Creating a poetic or extraordinary belief is the simple act of intensifying the mood or atmosphere of your belief and making it more stuffed with the ability or power to come real.
2009, David Ugba, Awaken the Riches Within: Creating Extraordinary Wealth Using the Powerful Imagination of a Poet, iUniverse, page 96:
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Filled with a filling and seasoning.
The turkey is stuffed with a stuffing made of bread and herbs.
We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.
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(slang) Full after eating.
Stuffed children sleep poorly.
Beth says: "I never knew when I was full 'cause I always felt like I didn't know whether I was hungry or full. My whole life I never knew when I was full or hungry unless I was really stuffed or really starving."
2002, Sheila M. Reindl, Sensing the Self: Women′s Recovery from Bulimia, page 40:"See, huge meal." Replied Farra. / "Still stuffed." / "Yes, quite stuffed."
2009, Jason McCammon, The Ancient Lands: Warrior Quest: Search for the IFA Scepter, unnumbered page:Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills
Allhadi gave a contented yawn and said: / "I have eaten till I am really stuffed / I am full and bloated and so puffed / I am bursting, I am telling you true / I couldn't eat more if you begged me to."
2009, Swapna Dutta, edited by Geeta Menon, Folk Tales of West Bengal, page 47:
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(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, informal) Very tired.
'Well, you talked me into it,' said Cornelius. 'I feel really stuffed. I can tell you that for sure. So I could do with a bloody good sleep.'
2011, Nick Oud, The Hatchling and The Human, Xlibris, page 74:
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(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
Although the 14-inch Standard that Yamato targets is stuffed, and maybe the one after that, a prolonged bombardment by a Colorado-class is not gonna do good things to anything - doesn't really matter who you are.
2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 36:17 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022:But if you don't play ball in life, if you don′t go for it with a sincere 'Go, girrrrl' rugby-tackle attitude, you're really stuffed.
2002, Clare de Vries, Of Cats and Kings, page 174:If the suspension was stuffed already from hitting the concrete base of the fence—and it was—then it was really stuffed by the time we'd gone a kilometre along the railway.
1998, John Marsden, The Night is for Hunting, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2001, unnumbered page:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stuffed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stuffed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stuffedness · stuffed ham · unstuffed · overstuffed · stuffed animal · stuffed like a turkey · stuffed cabbage · stuffed-shirt · stuffed to the gills · stuffed shirt · stuffed up · understuffed · get stuffed · stuffed toy
Synonyms
tuckered out · bleary-eyed · tired · inoperative · jiggered · busted · nonoperational · tuckered · worn out · shagged out · duff · done in · broken-down · weariful · out of whack · bleareyed · drained · shagged · spent · weary · tired out · bushed · toes up · tits up · bad · worn · shot · heavyeyed · nonfunctional · forworn · whipped · fried · stuffed to the gills · off one's feed · sleepy · dog-tired · out of service · kaput · whacked · knacked · on the blink · crocked · out of gas · out of sorts · bung · munted · jiggered · gassed · weary · fatigued · stuffed · forlagen · stuffed · stuffed to the gills · done up · out of gas · pooped · cactused · washed out · fagged out · broken · screwed up · done · dead tired · exhausted · out of order · flaky · cream crackered · unfunctional · out · knackered · out of commission · busted · faulty · jaded · beat · tore up · fuckered up · nadgered · shattered · borked · FUBAR · languid · run-down · played out · janky · knackered · forfairn · fucked · zonked · bone-tired · malfunctioning · knackered · wrecked · offline · dog-weary · Donald Ducked · on the fritz · down · enervated · dead · bleary · buggered · bum · pooped out · wappened · banjaxed · Kerry Packered · out of kilter · pumped · fucked · busted · exhausted
Translations (75)
la fartilis (with material) · de ausgestopft (with material) · la refertus (with material) · da farseret (with material) · de faschiert (with food) · he מְמֻלָּא (with material) · pt recheado (with food) · da stopmæt (with food) · it pieno (with food) · la fartus (with food) · ru фарширо́ванный (with food) · nl vol (with food) · ro sătul (with food) · it stufo (tired) · it ripieno (with material) · it esausto (tired) · sv proppmätt (with food) · nl gevuld (with material) · fi poikki (tired) · fr farci (with material) · it satollo (with food) · pl nadziewany (with food) · ota طولغون (with food) · pl wypchany (with material) · ca fatigat (tired) · it sazio (with food) · pl faszerowany (with food) · ota طولغون (with material) · pt repleto (with material) · mi kōpuru (with material) · it impagliato (with material) · fi täynnä (with material) · la fartus (with material) · ru наби́тый (with material) · sv täppt (with material) · sv fylld (with material) · ca farcit (with material) · pl zabity (tired) · eo farĉita (with food) · pt cheio (with material) · es relleno (with material) · pl najedzony (full after eating) · cmn 夾心 /夹心 (with food) · fi rättiväsynyt (tired) · hi भरवां (with food) · da fyldt (with material) · fi topattu (with material) · fi täynnä (with food) · it distrutto (tired) · lo ອົ່ວ (with food) · sv fullproppad (with material) · ru уста́вший (tired) · ru уста́лый (tired) · la differtus (with food) · pl wykończony (tired) · nl opgezet (with material) · da udstoppet (with material) · fi täytetty (with material) · pl napchany (full after eating) · it farcito (with material) · it fatto (tired) · ca cansat (tired) · it imbalsamato (with material) · de gefüllt (with food) · es lleno (with food) · es empachado (with food) · it rigonfio (with material) · it imbottito (with material) · fr bourré (with material) · ca farcit (with food) · ro îndopat (with food) · nl verzadigd (with food) · ca ple (with material) · fr farci (with food) · it otturato (with material)