wad

Definition of Wad in English :

Noun

1. wad

a small mass of soft material

Example Sentences:
'he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter'

2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(often followed by of') a large number or amount or extent

Example Sentences:
'a batch of letters'
'a deal of trouble'
'a lot of money'
'he made a mint on the stock market'
'see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos'
'it must have cost plenty'
'a slew of journalists'
'a wad of money'

3. chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Verb

4. bundle, compact, pack, wad

compress into a wad

Example Sentences:
'wad paper into the box'

5. chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad

crowd or pack to capacity

Example Sentences:
'the theater was jampacked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wad

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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

4. US and Canadian slang

a large quantity, esp of money

5. British dialect

a bundle of hay or straw

6. British military slang

a bun

char and a wad

verbWord forms: wads, wadding or wadded

to form (something) into a wad

8. (transitive)

to roll into a wad or bundle

9. (transitive)

to hold (a charge) in place with a wad

to insert a wad into (a gun)

10. (transitive)

to pack or stuff with wadding; pad

noun

a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas

Wad

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noun

a small, soft mass or ball, as a handful of cotton, crumpled paper, etc.

a lump or small, compact mass (of something)

a wad of chewing tobacco

a mass of soft or fibrous material used for padding, packing, stuffing, etc.

a plug of hemp, tow, paper, etc. stuffed against a charge to keep it firmly in the breech of a muzzleloading gun or in a cartridge

5. US, Informal

a roll of paper money

6. US, Slang

a large amount, esp. of money

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwadded or ˈwadding

to compress into a wad

8. US

to roll up (paper, etc.) into a wad

to plug with a wad

to force or stuff

to wad oakum into a crack

10.

to line or pad with or as with wadding

11.

to hold (a charge) in place by a wad

verb

Scottish

would

Wad

see synonyms of wad

1. A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.

2. A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.

a. A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.

b. A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.

4. Informal A large amount: a wad of troubles.

5. Informal

a. A sizable roll of paper money.

b. A considerable amount of money.

6. Vulgar Slang An ejaculation of semen.

tr.v. wad·ded, wad·ding, wads

1. To compress into a wad: wad a candy wrapper.

2. To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding: wad a keyhole.

a. To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.

b. To insert a wad into (a firearm).

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