stuffed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stuff

comparative more stuffed · superlative most stuffed

1. Full or packed (with some material or substance).

   Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

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   Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.

   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

   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

   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

   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

   Synonyms: stuffed to the gills

2. cookingFilled with a filling and seasoning.

   We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.

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   The turkey is stuffed with a stuffing made of bread and herbs.

3. slangFull after eating.

   Stuffed children sleep poorly.

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   Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

   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

   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

   Synonyms: stuffed to the gills

4. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKinformalVery 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

   Synonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out

5. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKBroken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.

   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

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   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

   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

   Synonyms: busted, knackered, bad, borked, broken, broken-down, bum, bung