Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuffed to the gills

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
stuffed -to the gills
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely full.

Example Sentences

Synonyms

stuffed packed to the gills

Antonyms

empty empty as a pauper's purse empty as the tomb on Easter clean leer toom unfilled vacant vacuumlike vacuous void

Questions

What does stuffed to the gills mean?
Completely full.

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