stocking stuffer

noun

US

: a small gift suitable for placing in a Christmas stocking

Another nice stocking stuffer: an uncirculated silver Eagle dollar. You have to buy these from coin dealers.

—Sandra Block

Examples of stocking stuffer in a Sentence

Small toys make great stocking stuffers.

Recent Examples on the Web

At less than $35, the luxurious Kiehl’s formula is the ultimate stocking stuffer for the hard-to-shop-for person in your circle. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 12 Nov. 2026

Split this trio up into three separate stocking stuffer gifts for all of the soda lovers in your life. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 11 Nov. 2026

Nothing makes a better stocking stuffer than a box of chocolates from The Ganachery! — Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026

Our luxe stocking stuffer picks include sparkly earrings from AURATE, a Tory Burch watch and Jo Malone London cologne. — Claire Peltier, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stocking stuffer

• buffer
• duffer
• kafir
• puffer
• rougher
• suffer
• tougher