1wad1 (wɒd
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Definitions
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
- US Canadian slang a large quantity, esp of money
- British dialect a bundle of hay or straw
- British military slang a bun ⇒
char and a wad
verb
Word forms: wads, wadding, wadded
- 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
Alternative Forms
ˈwadder nounWord Origin
C14: from Late Latin wadda; related to German Watte cotton wool2wad2 (wɒd)
Definitions
noun
- a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
Word Origin
C17: of unknown originUsage examples
Haydar smiled as he handed a wad of folding money to the waiter.
, Somewhere East of Life (1994)Now that I've shot my wad about the magic of L-Carnitine, here's something I promised last fortnight.
Business Today (2002)You can't do anything when you've got a wad of sod in your lap," Newman said.
Toronto Sun (2003)Alone in my bedroom with the largest wad I had ever seen, I had that Damascene moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)The following evening he pulled some notes from the wad in his wallet and threw them across the table.
, WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS (2002)