Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beat the stuffing out of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: beat- the stuff-in-g out of
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat very severely.

verb

To trounce, outdo, or triumph over.

Example Sentences

"If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you."
"At the fiesta, the kids beat the stuffing out of the pinata, and their parents beat the stuffing out of a drunk who walked up and made threats."
"The U.S. ski team beat the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic."

Inflected Forms

beats the stuffing out of (present, singular) beating the stuffing out of (participle, present) beaten the stuffing out of (participle, past)

Synonyms

trounce clobber

Questions

What does beat the stuffing out of mean?: To beat very severely.

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