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Definitions for wadding
ˈwɒd ɪŋwad·ding

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. packing material, packing, waddingnoun

    any material used especially to protect something

Wiktionary

  1. waddingnoun

    wads collectively

  2. waddingnoun

    soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Waddingnoun

    A kind of soft stuff loosely woven, with which the skirts of coats are stuffed out.

    Etymology: from wad, vad, Islandick

Wikipedia

  1. Wadding

    Wadding is a disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile (a bullet or ball), or to separate the propellant from loosely packed shots.Wadding can be crucial to a gun's efficiency, since any gas that leaks past a projectile as it is being fired is wasted. A harder or more carefully designed item which serves this purpose is often called a sabot. Wadding for muzzleloaders is typically a small piece of cloth, or paper wrapping from the cartridge.

ChatGPT

  1. wadding

    Wadding refers to a soft, thick material, typically made of cotton, wool, or polyester, used for padding, stuffing, or insulation. It can be found in quilts, upholstery, clothing, and packaging materials.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wadding

    of Wad

  2. Waddingnoun

    a wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made

  3. Waddingnoun

    any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose

  4. Etymology: [See Wad a little mass.]

Wikidata

  1. Wadding

    Wadding is a disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot. Wadding can be crucial to a gun's efficiency, since any gas that leaks past a projectile as it is being fired is wasted. A harder or more carefully designed item which serves this purpose is often called a sabot. Wadding for muzzleloaders is typically a small piece of cloth, or paper wrapping from the cartridge.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WADDING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wadding is ranked #47706 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wadding surname appeared 444 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wadding.

    97.5% or 433 total occurrences were White.
    1.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wadding in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wadding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of wadding in a Sentence

  1. David Katz:

    There's not even a question -- the blank is not going to have a projectile, the part of the cartridge, the bullet is not going to be here. The cartridge will either be crimped or there will be some sort of wadding or plastic cap because the powder still needs to be contained.

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