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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stuffed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be crammed/stuffed/packed etc full of sth
▪ Ted’s workshop was crammed full of old engines.
stuffed animal
stuffed shirt
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
▪ Times have changed, but the fascination for stuffed animals hasn't.
▪ Nailed on the walls were rows and rows of stuffed animal heads.
▪ On a shelf stood wilting plants and very small stuffed animals, squirrels and starlings which had fallen victim to the chase.
▪ Auctioneers, Moore Allen say that stuffed animals are becoming very popular among collectors.
▪ He says that there's been a revival in the popularity of stuffed animals.
bird
▪ This stuffed bird has always been in the room.
▪ The house is as interesting inside as out, having a collection of about 70 stuffed birds.
▪ Have you a stuffed bird or squirrel or stoat in a glass case?
▪ She searched the attic, and found a hammer lying between a sewing machine and a stuffed bird.
▪ A cherry-and-green stuffed bird turned slowly to an icicle of dust.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
full/packed/stuffed etc to the gills
▪ If Tapie was a fish he'd be stuffed to the gills this issue!
▪ It's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills.
get stuffed
▪ He obviously had impregnation on his mind, but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed.
▪ He told me to get stuffed.
▪ I doubt if it ever dawned on him that his patient wife would tell him to get stuffed.
▪ The Raiders are getting stuffed because the defensive line is penetrating.
▪ Under his breath, the Vice President was telling him to get stuffed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The cake looks great, but I'm stuffed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
stuffed

filled \filled\ adj.

  1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower terms: abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate); brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate); chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full; congested, engorged; crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate); flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted, overfull; heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ; {overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; well-lined ]

    Syn: full.

  2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite of {hollow.

    Syn: solid.

  3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free

    Syn: occupied.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stuffed

mid-15c., in reference to garments, "padded with stuffing," past participle adjective from stuff- (v.). Hence stuffed shirt "pompous, ineffectual person" (1913).

Wiktionary
stuffed

  1. 1 full (with), or packed (with some material or substance). 2 (lb en slang) Full after eating. 3 (lb en Australia New Zealand informal) Very tired. 4 (lb en UK Australia New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover. v

  2. (en-past of: stuff)

WordNet
stuffed

  1. adj. filled with something; "a stuffed turkey"

  2. crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed"

Wikipedia
Stuffed (album)

Stuffed is the debut album released by Mother Goose.

Track List

Moonshine Lady 4:10

Somebody Broke My Heart 4:03

Last of The Fools 6:36

(Some Day You'll Be Sorry) Anne Marie 5:23

Land Ho 5:38

See If I Care 4:27

Only You 3:16

Only A Phone Call Away 5:13

Baked Beans 3:42

Baked Beans was the chart topping single from the album. It is a novelty number purporting the romance-promoting properties of the titular dish

Category:1977 debut albums

Usage examples of "stuffed".

But remind me not to ride in a crate again,” Kelly said when the last of the gloves were stuffed back into their container, and the top was clamped down again.

He stuffed another berry tart in his mouth, detouring the overflow of the juices with a grubby fist.

Todd wore his mda vest and a pair of pants, his rope tail stuffed down one pant leg.

Hell, I've seen a stuffed bear in the museum and I just thought you meant they'd be a little - but whew!

Far more reassured by something to put in his mouth, Teddy stuffed in as many as he could and so forgot the fright he had had.

Bonnard assured her as Kai pointed out another curiosity, an adult giff whose beak was being stuffed by others.

The sink had been torn out of the wall and stuffed halfway into the disposer unit.

Colgara, her mouth stuffed with what had to be slices of meat, looked confused.

Then the two picked up the ‘spaceship,’ stuffed the lightweight emissaries inside, and threw the whole assemblage into space.

He could not believe she was dead, stuffed in a trash bin down some sleazy alley.

Then he stuffed them into the gaping mouth of the corpse and spat in the dead eyes, still open like fading amber jewels.

But in her mind was a vivid picture of Lester stuffed into one of his wastepaper baskets.

I used rank to get the galley stuffed with decent chow instead of standard grub.

She's not going to make the entire trip on the provisions she's been taking on: not even if she stuffed every spare cabin.

He glanced at his duffels, wincing because of the speed with which he had stuffed them.