stuffing
noun
[ ˈstʌfɪŋ ]
• a mixture used to stuff poultry or meat before cooking.
• "sage and onion stuffing"
• padding used to stuff cushions, furniture, or soft toys.
• "the stuffing is coming out of the armchair"
Similar:
padding,
wadding,
lining,
filling,
quilting,
cushioning,
upholstery,
packing,
filler,
down,
duck down,
flock,
kapok,
• a heavy defeat in sport.
stuff
verb
• fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.
• "an old teapot stuffed full of cash"
• used to express indifference towards or rejection of (something).
• "stuff the diet!"
• defeat heavily in sport.
• "Town got stuffed every week"
Similar:
trounce,
defeat utterly,
beat hollow,
win a resounding victory over,
annihilate,
drub,
rout,
give someone a drubbing,
crush,
overwhelm,
bring someone to their knees,
hammer,
clobber,
thrash,
paste,
give someone a pasting,
whip,
pound,
pulverize,
massacre,
crucify,
demolish,
destroy,
wipe the floor with,
take to the cleaners,
make mincemeat of,
murder,
flatten,
turn inside out,
run rings around,
marmalize,
shellac,
blow out,
cream,
skunk,
own,
• (of a man) have sex with (someone).
Origin:
Middle English (denoting material for making clothes): shortening of Old French estoffe ‘material, furniture’, estoffer ‘equip, furnish’, from Greek stuphein ‘draw together’.
