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wad

[ ˈwäd]

wad

noun

[ˈwäd]

Definition of wad

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a small mass, bundle, or tuft: such as

a : a soft mass especially of a loose fibrous material variously used (as to stop an aperture, pad a garment, or hold grease around an axle)

b(1) : a soft plug used to retain a powder charge or to avoid windage especially in a muzzle-loading gun

(2) : a felt or paper disk used to separate the components of a shotgun cartridge

c : a small mass of a chewing substance
//a wad of gum

2 : a considerable amount (as of money)

3a : a roll of paper money

b : money

wad

verb

wadded; wadding

Definition of wad (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to insert a wad into
//wad a gun

b : to hold in by a wad
//wad a bullet in a gun

2 : to form into a wad or wadding
especially : to roll or crush into a tight wad

3 : to stuff or line with some soft substance

Other Words from wad

Verb

wadder noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Verb

Synonyms: Noun

Synonyms: Antonyms:verb

unroll

Synonyms: Antonyms:noun

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//The officer travelled to Battersea Park with a suitcase containing wads of newspaper, cleverly topped by five pound notes, and Jackson's identity was revealed as Edward Betchley - a former soldier.
— SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: 13 Weeks to Go - The Story of Pickles the Dog & the Jules Rimet Trophy," 22 Mar. 2018
//The man pulled out his wallet to give the teen money when Dunn ran up and grabbed the man’s wad of cash and ran away, police reports say.
— Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Man who ‘hit it big’ at casino robbed outside downtown Cleveland restaurant, police say," 26 Aug. 2019
//His once-endearing penchant for blurting out whatever is passing through that three-pound wad of meat in his skull is a considerable liability in this age of hysterical and performative social-media outrage politics.
— Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Joe Biden, Designated White Guy," 13 Aug. 2019
//Another was recruited from the locker room of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, suddenly acquiring wads of cash to spend on food and rent.
— Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, "Jeffrey Epstein in South Florida: A constant search for new girls," 11 Aug. 2019
//Diego Costa was dire in 2018/19, Alvaro Morata has little confidence left and Simeone has a huge wad of cash to use on bringing in better personnel up top.
— SI.com, "Champions League 2019/20: How Many Players Each of the Contenders Still Need to Sign This Summer," 18 July 2019
//The tampons of the 1930s were not too different than the ones on drugstore shelves today, generally made of a wad of dense cotton or a paper-like material attached to a string.
— Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, "How tampons and pads became so unsustainable," 6 Sep. 2019
//There's lots of it: inch-thick wads of crisp Benjamins, 100-euro bills and Turkish liras.
— Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, "What’s for sale at this outdoor market? Cold, hard cash," 11 July 2019
//Spider silks all start out the same: a wad of goo, like thick honey, as Hayashi describes it.
— Washington Post, "Scientists look to unweave the mystery of spider silks," 19 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of wad

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for wad

Noun

Middle English wadde, from Medieval Latin wadda

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