Could a kid knock the stuffing out of him? (5)
I believe the answer is:
teddy
'could a kid knock the stuffing out of him?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'the stuffing out of him?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'stuffing' becomes 'dy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out of' indicates putting letters inside (some letters on the outside of others).
'him?' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
't'+'dy'='tdy'
'tdy' enclosing 'ed' is 'TEDDY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teddy that I've seen before include "Stuffed toy" , "Stuffed bear" , "Cuddly toy" , "Bear - boy" , "plaything" .)