Wad - definition of wad by The Free Dictionary /wad
wad Also found in: , , , , .
(wŏd)n.1.
A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.2.
A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.3. a.
A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.b.
A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.4.
A large amount: a wad of troubles.5.
Informal a.
A sizable roll of paper money.b.
A considerable amount of money.6.
Vulgar Slang
An ejaculation of semen.tr.v.
wad·ded, wad·ding, wads 1.
To compress into a wad: wad a candy wrapper.2.
To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding: wad a keyhole.3. a.
To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.b.
To insert a wad into (a firearm).[Origin unknown.]wad (wɒd) n1.
(Textiles) a small mass or ball of fibrous or soft material, such as cotton wool, used esp for packing or stuffing2.
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a. a plug of paper, cloth, leather, etc, pressed against a charge to hold it in place in a muzzle-loading cannonb. a disc of paper, felt, pasteboard, etc, used to hold in place the powder and shot in a shotgun cartridge3.
(Banking & Finance) a roll or bundle of something, esp of banknotes4.
(Banking & Finance) US and Canadian a large quantity, esp of money5.
(Agriculture) Brit a bundle of hay or straw6. military Brit a bun: char and a wad. vb, wads, wadding or wadded7. to form (something) into a wad8.
(tr) to roll into a wad or bundle9.
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) a. to hold (a charge) in place with a wadb. to insert a wad into (a gun)10.
(tr) to pack o pad[C14: from Late Latin
related to German Watte cotton wool] ˈwadder nwad (wɒd) n1.
(Geological Science) a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas[C17: of unknown origin]wad
(wɒd)
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.
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.
to form (material) into a wad.
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.
to become formed into a wad.
[;40; & Medieval Latin wadda & Arabic bāṭa'in lining of a garment, compare French ouate, Dutch watte, Swedish vadd] Wad& a heap or swathe.Examples: wad of banknotes, 1899; of beans, 1856; of clovergrass, 1750; of cotton (a plug), 1861; of greenbacks (U. S. money); of hay, 1596; of hemp, 1799; of linen (to carry on the head), 1752; of lupins, 1601; of peas, 1620; of reeds, 1886; of straw, 1573; of wheat, 1763.wadPast participle: waddedGerund: waddingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativewadwadPresentI wadyou wadhe/she/it wadswe wadyou wadthey wadPreteriteI waddedyou waddedhe/she/it waddedwe waddedyou waddedthey waddedPresent ContinuousI am waddingyou are waddinghe/she/it is waddingwe are waddingyou are waddingthey are waddingPresent PerfectI have waddedyou have waddedhe/she/it has waddedwe have waddedyou have waddedthey have waddedPast ContinuousI was waddingyou were waddinghe/she/it was waddingwe were waddingyou were waddingthey were waddingPast PerfectI had waddedyou had waddedhe/she/it had waddedwe had waddedyou had waddedthey had waddedFutureI will wadyou will wadhe/she/it will wadwe will wadyou will wadthey will wadFuture PerfectI will have waddedyou will have waddedhe/she/it will have waddedwe will have waddedyou will have waddedthey will have waddedFuture ContinuousI will be waddingyou will be waddinghe/she/it will be waddingwe will be waddingyou will be waddingthey will be waddingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been waddingyou have been waddinghe/she/it has been waddingwe have been waddingyou have been waddingthey have been waddingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been waddingyou will have been waddinghe/she/it will have been waddingwe will have been waddingyou will have been waddingthey will have been waddingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been waddingyou had been waddinghe/she/it had been waddingwe had been waddingyou had been waddingthey had been waddingConditionalI would wadyou would wadhe/she/it would wadwe would wadyou would wadthey would wadPast ConditionalI would have waddedyou would have waddedhe/she/it would have waddedwe would have waddedyou would have waddedthey would have wadded
Noun1.wad - a small m "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter",
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup
"coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"2.wad - (often followed by `of') a large number "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", , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude, , ,
- an overwhelm "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation3.wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco, , , , , ,
"all they had left was a bit of bread"Verb1.wad - "wad paper into the box", , ,
- put into a proper "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order",
- have the property of being packable or
"This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud2.wad - crowd "the theater was jampacked", , , ,
- "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" - put something somewhere so that the space
"cram books into the suitcase"wadnoun1. , ,
(U.S. & Canad.),
a wad of banknotes2. , , , , , , ,
a wad of cotton wool3. , , ,
He spat out a great wad of tobacco.wadnoun1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:, , , , , , .Informal:
.2. Informal.
An indeterminately great amount or number:,
(often used in plural), , , .Informal:
(often used in plural),
(often used in plural),
(often used in plural), , , , ,
(often used in plural), , .3. Informal.
A large sum of money:, .Informal:
, , .Slang:
wad [wɒd]A. N (= stuffing) →
m; (in gun, cartridge) →
m; [of cotton wool] →
f; [of papers] →
m; [of banknotes] →
mwads of money → un B. VT (stuff) →
(Sew) → wad [ˈwɒd] n [cotton wool, paper] →
m [banknotes] →
fwad n (= compact mass) →
m or nt; (in gun, cartridge) →
m; (of cotton wool etc) →
m; to use something as a wad →
(of papers, banknotes) →
nt; he’s got wads of money (inf) → er hat
(inf) vt (= secure, stuff) → ; (= squeeze) → ; (Sew) → wad [wɒd] n (of cloth) →
m; (of chewing gum, putty) → ; (of cotton wool) → ; (of papers, banknotes) →
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