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stuffer

stuffer

3 4.2
A machine or person that fills objects tightly with material like pillows
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌfər/
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  • On Christmas Eve, they filled the stockings with little stuffers for their excited children to find in the morning.
  • sausage stuffer

Examples

  • And I want to offer you a job as lead stocking stuffer inventor.

  • This Hobart Meat Grinder and Sausage Stuffer might just be the perfect gift for that die-hard kitchen enthusiast who has literally everything else.

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  • At 6-foot-6, 305 pounds, Remington is one of the Ducks' best run stuffers.

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  • There are all the varied attachments that any good stand mixer would have: meat grinders, sausage stuffers, pasta makers, etc.

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  • He will often sneak up to the LOS on early downs to either blitz or run fill (he excels at both), and on later downs he shows impressive pass coverage for a safety with a reputation as a run stuffer.

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  • He's only a redshirt freshman, but he's undoubtedly the best rush lineman on the team, and a nice pair for DT Jordan Hill, who's a run stuffer.

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  • Many parents buy small toys and treats as stuffers to fill their children's stockings at Christmas.

  • The store offers an array of fun and practical stuffers that fit perfectly into holiday gift bags.

Synonyms

boxer
vsstuffer
54 5.8

A person who packs items into boxes for shipping

fills boxes tightly with soft material rather than just placing items
packer
vsstuffer
3 3.0

A person who puts goods into boxes for storage or transport

fills containers similarly but focuses on tight material packing
bagger
vsstuffer
  • Specialized
2 5.7

A machine that fills bags with products like flour

can be a person or tool that compresses material tightly inside
packager
vsstuffer
1 3.5

A person or machine that puts products into boxes and wraps them for sale

focuses on tight filling with material rather than wrapping for sale
boxman
vsstuffer
5.9

A worker who packs and moves boxes in a warehouse

fills and compacts boxed spaces more than ordinary stacking
sacker
vsstuffer
  • Jargon
3.1

A person who puts groceries into bags at checkout

fills bags tightly with material instead of simply placing purchases

Compounds

7 2.7

A small gift, often candy or a toy, that people put in a Christmas stocking

sausage stuffer
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A device that pushes ground meat into casings to make sausages

animal stuffer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who fills and shapes animal skins to make them look like living animals for display

A large chicken for roasting sold in supermarkets under a brand name

Surface Forms

stuffer singular
stuffers plural

Morphology

stuffer = stuff (transparent) = stuff + er

Standard agent/instrument noun from 'stuff' + '-er' covering both people and tools used for stuffing; meaning follows productively from the base verb.

Etymology

Stuffer comes from the word stuff, meaning 'to fill', plus -er, for a person or tool that does the filling. A sausage or pillow stuffer is the machine or worker that packs the inside by 'filling' it with material.