stuffing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ

Verb

stuffing

1. present participle and gerund of stuff

Noun

stuffing (countable and uncountable, plural stuffings)

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

   The stuffing is made of synthetic goose down.

2. Any of many food items used to stuff another.

   stuffing for a Christmas turkey

3. The act of stuffing something with another

   I'll make the sauce if you do the stuffing of the chicken.

4. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
5. Severe defeat

   United were given an absolute stuffing by City.

6. (Internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
7. (US, finance, law) A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.

Coordinate terms

• (matter used to stuff hollow objects): filling, oakum, packaging, packing, padding
• (internet): SEO

Derived terms

• antistuffing
• beat the stuffing out of
• bit stuffing
• cash stuffing
• channel stuffing
• credential stuffing
• diaper stuffing
• keyword stuffing
• knock the stuffing out of
• quote stuffing
• stuffing cucumber

 

Translations

matter used to stuff hollow objects

• Bulgarian: пълнеж (bg) m (pǎlnež)
• Czech: výplň f, vycpávka f
• Esperanto: remburaĵo
• French: rembourrage (fr) m
• German: Füllmaterial n, Füllung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: στοιβή f (stoibḗ)

• Latin: tōmentum n
• Maori: whakapuru, whakakikī
• Swedish: stoppning (sv) c

food items used to stuff another

• Bulgarian: плънка f (plǎnka)
• Catalan: farciment (ca) m, farcit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 釀料／酿料 (joeng⁶ liu^6-2)

  Dungan: щүанзы (xüanzɨ)

  Mandarin: 餡料／馅料 (xiànliào), 餡兒／馅儿 (zh) (xiànr), 餡子／馅子 (zh) (xiànzi)

• Czech: nádivka f
• Esperanto: farĉo
• French: farce (fr) f
• German: Füllung (de) f
• Greek: γέμιση (el) f (gémisi)
• Hungarian: töltelék (hu)
• Italian: imbottitura (it), ripieno (it) m
• Japanese: ファルス (farusu), ファルシ (farushi)
• Latin: fartis f, fartum n
• Macedonian: фил m (fil)
• Maori: whakakikī parāoa, whakakikī
• Mongolian: шанз (mn) (šanz)
• Navajo: tązhii biiʼ náshgǫzhígíí (turkey stuffing)
• Polish: farsz (pl) m, nadzienie (pl) n
• Russian: начи́нка (ru) f (načínka), фарш (ru) m (farš) (minced meat)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: imbuttidura

• Spanish: relleno (es) m
• Swedish: fyllning (sv) c
• Turkish: iç (tr)

insertion of many copies of a word into a web page