# stuffed

Pronunciation: say "STUFT" /stʌft/

## Adjective

1. Packed full with some material or substance, leaving no empty space.
   - Simple: Packed tightly and completely full of some material or substance.
   - _The toy box was stuffed to the brim with blocks and dolls._
   - _Her purse was stuffed with receipts she never threw away._
2. Feeling completely full after eating a large amount of food. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Having eaten so much that you feel completely full.
   - _After three helpings of turkey, he was completely stuffed._
   - _Thanks, but I'm stuffed. That bowl of pasta was enormous._
3. Filled with a seasoned mixture used as a filling, then cooked.
   - Simple: Filled with a tasty mixture, like meat, rice, or bread.
   - _She served a whole stuffed chicken with herbs and rice inside._
   - _Stuffed grape leaves are a staple at every family gathering._
5. Broken and no longer functional, or caught in serious trouble from which recovery is unlikely. *(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: Broken and no longer working, or stuck in a bad situation with little hope.
   - _My laptop's stuffed. It won't even switch on anymore._
   - _Once the deal fell through, the whole company was stuffed._
6. Extremely tired and completely worn out. *(colloquial, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: Feeling very tired, weak, and completely worn out.
   - _We were all stuffed after a full day of hiking in the hills._
   - _She came home stuffed from back-to-back shifts at the hospital._

## Verb

4. Simple past and past participle of stuff. — simple past and past participle of stuff
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of stuff. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _They stuffed the envelopes with flyers all afternoon._
   - _The children stuffed their faces with cake at the party._

## Origin

Formed from "stuff" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stuffed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).