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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 byup ).
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/ ɒ /
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
slanga large quantity, esp of money
dialecta bundle of hay or straw
slangmilitary 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/ ɒ /
noun
a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
Other 51Թ Forms
- wadder noun
- unwadded adjective
- ˈɲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
Idioms and Phrases
shoot one's wad,
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.
Example Sentences
It was an unusual display of solidarity for a chief who has rarely waded into the contentious immigration debate.
With WWF's ocean conservation specialist, Tom Brook as our guide, we waded through the thigh-high grass to visit the site of the experiment.
State media has also waded into the debate.
“He opened it up, chewed all of them and then spit a big wad of gum about … the size of a softball.”
Mr Florez alleged that later, to "make it go away", Mr Combs tried to hand him a wad of cash, but he declined.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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