Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock the stuffing out of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

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

44

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Chelsea knocked the stuffing out of Brighton well before the final whistle when they beat them 1-3 at Brighton."
""This knocks what is vulgarly termed 'the stuffing' out of the case for the prosecution," observed Carlyle, who had been taking a note."
"Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

knocks the stuffing out of (present, singular) knocking the stuffing out of (participle, present) knocked the stuffing out of (participle, past) knocked the stuffing out of (past)

Questions

What does knock the stuffing out of mean?: To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.

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