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wad
1[ wod ]
noun
- a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
a wad of paper;
a wad of tobacco.
- a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc.
- a roll of something, especially of bank notes.
- Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money:
He's got a healthy wad salted away.
- a plug of cloth, tow, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a gun or cartridge.
- British Dialect. a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to form (material) into a wad.
- to roll tightly (often followed by up ):
He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket.
- to hold in place by a wad:
They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets.
- to put a wad into; stuff with a wad.
- to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad:
to wad a quilt;
to wad a speech with useless information.
verb (used without object)
- to become formed into a wad:
The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket.
wad
2[ wod ]
noun
- a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
wad
1/ wɒd /
noun
- a small mass or ball of fibrous or soft material, such as cotton wool, used esp for packing or stuffing
- a plug of paper, cloth, leather, etc, pressed against a charge to hold it in place in a muzzle-loading cannon
- a disc of paper, felt, pasteboard, etc, used to hold in place the powder and shot in a shotgun cartridge
- a roll or bundle of something, esp of banknotes
- slang.a large quantity, esp of money
- dialect.a bundle of hay or straw
- slang.military a bun
char and a wad
verb
- to form (something) into a wad
- tr to roll into a wad or bundle
- tr
- to hold (a charge) in place with a wad
- to insert a wad into (a gun)
- tr to pack or stuff with wadding; pad
wad
2/ wɒd /
noun
- a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
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Derived Forms
- ˈwadder, noun
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Other Words From
- wadder noun
- un·wadded adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wad1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wad1
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Idioms and Phrases
- shoot one's wad, Informal.
- to spend all one's money:
He shot his wad on a new car.
- to expend all one's energies or resources at one time:
She shot her wad writing her first novel and her second wasn't as good.
- Slang: Vulgar. (of a man) to have an orgasm.
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Example Sentences
He licked them up with a slick bronzy tongue and spat a thick wad of honey-brown juice into the empty teacup.
HE was arrested for drug trafficking outside the dry cleaners and police found a wad of cash in his left front pocket.
Peggy commits a grievous faux pas when she nervously eyes her purse—with a wad of cash inside—next to the sofa.
He was handsome, flirty, and always had a wad of cash from which he dispensed $10 and $20 bills.
A quick glance—a sniff—is all it takes to acknowledge a wad.
Got through the partition door; he had even thought to block the snap-lock with a paper wad.
In fact, I don't believe old Uncle Charlie ever meant me to come in for all his wad.
They waste mair in yae day, whiles, than wad keep your family or mine for a whole year.
Then rub a little charcoal powder over the pricked pattern with a wad of soft cotton-wool.
When they carried out the coffins, she sprang up gin she wad follow them, but was putten back to bed again.
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