Etymology: (1530–40; < ML wadda < Ar bā&tdotbelow;a&hamza;in lining of a garment, batting; cf. F ouate, D watte, Sw vadd)
Definition of 'wad'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)wad a small mass of soft material "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
2. (noun)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 "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. (verb)chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad a wad of something chewable as tobacco
4. (verb)pack, bundle, wad, compact compress into a wad "wad paper into the box"
5. (verb)jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad crowd or pack to capacity "the theater was jampacked"
Definition of 'wad'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)wad woad
2. (noun)wad a little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow
3. (noun)wad 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
4. (noun)wad a soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc
6. (verb)wad to form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton
7. (verb)wad 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
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