different between pinched vs stuffed
pinched
English
Verb
pinched
- simple past tense and past participle of pinch
Adjective
pinched (comparative more pinched, superlative most pinched)
- Very thin, as if drawn together
- 1897 Edwin Arlington Robinson, Chilodren of the Night, "Aaron Stark":
- His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark […]
- 1897 Edwin Arlington Robinson, Chilodren of the Night, "Aaron Stark":
- (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- Compressed
Translations
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stuffed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Verb
stuffed
- simple past tense and past participle of stuff
Adjective
stuffed (comparative more stuffed, superlative most stuffed)
- Full or packed (with some material or substance).
- 1997, Philippe Bonnefis, Paul Weidmann (translator), Céline: The Recall of the Birds, p.109:
- Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.
- 2008, Carn Tiernan, On the Back of the Other Side, p.2:
- She didn?t forget to pack anything, none of those irritating little things that wait till the last moment to pop out of hiding and make her re-open her most stuffed suitcase.
- 2009, Marsha Collier, eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, unnumbered page:
- The more stuffed your hard drive, the more Blob-like it becomes.
- 2009, David Ugba, Awaken the Riches Within: Creating Extraordinary Wealth Using the Powerful Imagination of a Poet, iUniverse, p.96:
- Creating a poetic or extraordinary belief is the simple act of intensifying the mood or atmosphere of your belief and making it more stuffed with the ability or power to come real.
- 1997, Philippe Bonnefis, Paul Weidmann (translator), Céline: The Recall of the Birds, p.109:
- (cooking) filled with seasoning
- (slang) Full after eating.
- 2002, Sheila M. Reindl, Sensing the Self: Women?s Recovery from Bulimia, p.40:
- Beth says: “I never knew when I was full ?cause I always felt like I didn?t know whether I was hungry or full. My whole life I never knew when I was full or hungry unless I was really stuffed or really starving.”
- 2009, Jason McCammon, The Ancient Lands: Warrior Quest: Search for the IFA Scepter, unnumbered page:
- “See, huge meal.” Replied Farra. / “Still stuffed.” / “Yes, quite stuffed.”
- 2009, Swapna Dutta, Geeta Menon (editor), Folk Tales of West Bengal, p.47:
- Allhadi gave a contented yawn and said: / “I have eaten till I am really stuffed / I am full and bloated and so puffed / I am bursting, I am telling you true / I couldn?t eat more if you begged me to.”
- 2002, Sheila M. Reindl, Sensing the Self: Women?s Recovery from Bulimia, p.40:
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
- 2011, Nick Oud, The Hatchling and The Human, Xlibris, p.74:
- ‘Well, you talked me into it,’ said Cornelius. ‘I feel really stuffed. I can tell you that for sure. So I could do with a bloody good sleep.’
- 2011, Nick Oud, The Hatchling and The Human, Xlibris, p.74:
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
- 1998, John Marsden, The Night is for Hunting, 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, unnumbered page:
- If the suspension was stuffed already from hitting the concrete base of the fence—and it was—then it was really stuffed by the time we?d gone a kilometre along the railway.
- 2002, Clare de Vries, Of Cats and Kings, p.174:
- But if you don?t play ball in life, if you don?t go for it with a sincere ‘Go, girrrrl’ rugby-tackle attitude, you?re really stuffed.
- 1998, John Marsden, The Night is for Hunting, 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, unnumbered page:
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