Definitions for wadwɒd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wadwɒd(n.; v.)wad•ded, wad•ding.
(n.)a small mass or ball of anything.
a small mass of cotton, wool, or the like, used for padding, packing, etc.
a roll of something, esp. of bank notes.
a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, esp. money.
Category: Informal
a plug of cloth, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a muzzleloading gun or a cartridge.
(v.t.)to form (material) into a wad.
Category: Status (usage)
to roll tightly (often fol. by up):
He wadded up his cap.
to stuff with a wad.
to fill out with or as if with wadding.
(v.i.)to become formed into a wad.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of wad:
1530–40; < ML wadda < Ar bāṭa'in lining of a garment, batting; cf. F ouate, D watte, Sw vadd
Princeton's WordNet
wad(noun)
a small mass of soft material
"he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
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(noun)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"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"
chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad(verb)
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
pack, bundle, wad, compact(verb)
compress into a wad
"wad paper into the box"
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad(verb)
crowd or pack to capacity
"the theater was jampacked"
Wiktionary
wad(Noun)
An amorphous, compact mass.
Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
wad(Noun)
A substantial pile (normally of money).
With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
wad(Noun)
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
wad(Noun)
an ejaculate of semen.
wad(Noun)
Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits
wad(Verb)
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
wad(Verb)
to wager
Origin: waidan, whence also Old High German weit
Webster Dictionary
Wad(noun)
woad
Wad(noun)
a little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow
Wad(noun)
specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose
Wad(noun)
a soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc
Wad(verb)
to form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton
Wad(verb)
to insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak
Wad(noun)
alt. of Wadd
Translations for wad
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ward(noun)
a room with a bed or beds for patients in a hospital etc
He is in a surgical ward of the local hospital.
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