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wad
1[ wod ]
noun
- a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
a wad of paper;
a wad of tobacco.
- a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc.
- a roll of something, especially of bank notes.
- Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money:
He's got a healthy wad salted away.
- a plug of cloth, tow, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a gun or cartridge.
- British Dialect. a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to form (material) into a wad.
- to roll tightly (often followed by up ):
He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket.
- to hold in place by a wad:
They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets.
- to put a wad into; stuff with a wad.
- to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad:
to wad a quilt;
to wad a speech with useless information.
verb (used without object)
- to become formed into a wad:
The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket.
wad
2[ wod ]
noun
- a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
wad
1/ ·ÉÉ’»å /
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
- slang.a large quantity, esp of money
- dialect.a bundle of hay or straw
- slang.military a bun
char and a wad
verb
- 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
wad
2/ ·ÉÉ’»å /
noun
- a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
Derived Forms
- ˈ·É²¹»å»å±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ·É²¹»åd±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô··É²¹»åd±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
Idioms and Phrases
- shoot one's wad, Informal.
- to spend all one's money:
He shot his wad on a new car.
- to expend all one's energies or resources at one time:
She shot her wad writing her first novel and her second wasn't as good.
- Slang: Vulgar. (of a man) to have an orgasm.
Example Sentences
Forensic investigators found wads of tissue paper had been put into his mouth and throat, and found injuries consistent with asphyxiation after birth.
More recently, when living at Penilee in Glasgow, he waded into a frozen pond to rescue a woman's dog that had fallen through the ice.
I waded in and swam out to the woman, who was about parallel to the shipwreck in the deeper waters.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also waded into the war of words, posting to say "of course Ukraine didn't start the war".
"With Mohamed, it would often be wads of cash, Ali would give jewellery or clothes. It would be a see-saw between abusive behaviour then praise for my work and these lavish items."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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