Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuffing

/ˈstʌfɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
stuff-ing
IPA
/ˈstʌfɪŋ/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stuff

noun

The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of many food items used to stuff another.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of stuffing something with another thing.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Severe defeat.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈstʌfɪŋ/
  • British English: /ˈstʌfɪŋ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

stuffings (plural)

Derived Forms

antistuffing

Phrases

ballot-box stuffing ballot stuffing beat the stuffing out of bit stuffing body stuffing book stuffing cash stuffing channel stuffing

Frequently Paired Words

filling oakum packaging packing padding SEO

Synonyms

dressing

Rhymes With

puffing bluffing roughing huffing snuffing rebuffing ruffing diaper stuffing buffing cuffing fluffing chuffing

Questions

How do you pronounce stuffing?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstʌfɪŋ/.
What does stuffing mean?
present participle and gerund of stuff
Where does stuffing come from?
By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.

How to pronounce stuffing

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