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stuffing
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stuff·ing  (stfng)
n.
1. Padding put in cushions and upholstered furniture.
2. Food put into the cavity of a piece of meat or a vegetable that has been hollowed out.

stuffing [ˈstʌfɪŋ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the material with which something is stuffed
2. (Cookery) a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc., is stuffed before cooking
knock the stuffing out of (someone) to upset or dishearten (someone) completely

Packing of cargo into a container. See also unstuffing.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stuffingstuffing - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
turkey stuffing - stuffing for turkey
oyster dressing, oyster stuffing - stuffing made with oysters
forcemeat, farce - mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
2.stuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
batten, batting - stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

stuffing
noun
1. filling, farce, forcemeat, farcemeat a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken
2. wadding, filling, packing, quilting, kapok She made a wig from pillow stuffing.
Translations
stuffing [ˈstʌfɪŋ] N [of furniture, stuffed animal] → relleno m, borra f (Culin) → relleno m
he's got no stuffingno tiene carácter, no tiene agallas
to knock the stuffing out of sbdejar a algn para el arrastre
he had the stuffing knocked out of him by the blowel golpe lo dejó sin fuerzas ni ánimo
stuffing [ˈstʌfɪŋ] n
(in sofa, chair, cushion, mattress)rembourrage m
(COOKERY) (to eat)farce f
stuffing
n (of pillow, quilt, Cook) → Füllung f; (of furniture)Polstermaterial nt; (in taxidermy, toys) → Füllmaterial nt, → Stopfmaterial nt; to knock the stuffing out of somebody (inf)jdn fertigmachen (inf), → jdn schaffen (inf)
stuffing [ˈstʌfɪŋ] n (in cushion) → imbottitura (Culin) → farcia, ripieno
to knock the stuffing out of sb (subj, boxer, blow) → mettere al tappeto
stuffing [ˈstʌfɪŋ] n (in cushion) → imbottitura (Culin) → farcia, ripieno
to knock the stuffing out of sb (subj, boxer, blow) → mettere al tappeto


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Arrogant and egomaniacal, the heavyweight champ quickly establishes his star status by knocking the stuffing out of any mere murderer, arsonist or gang lord who dares to challenge him - and intimidating the warden's staff with threats of massive negative publicity should anything ill befall his royal self.
Then again, since you've probably already seen the commercials and trailers of Lopez knocking the stuffing out of Campbell (and vice versa), it's not a big secret what's going to happen.
 
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