wad

W0002300 (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. Informal 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).

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(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) slang US and Canadian a large quantity, esp of money5. (Agriculture) dialect Brit a bundle of hay or straw6. military slang 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 or stuff with wadding; pad[C14: from Late Latin wadda; related to German Watte cotton wool] ˈwadder n

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(wɒd) n (Geological Science) a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas[C17: of unknown origin]

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n., v. wad•ded, wad•ding. n. 1. a small mass or ball of anything. 2. a small mass of cotton, wool, or the like, used for padding, packing, etc. 3. a roll of something, esp. of bank notes. 4. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, esp. money. 5. 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. 6. to form (material) into a wad. 7. to roll tightly (often fol. by up): He wadded up his cap. 8. to stuff with a wad. 9. to fill out with or as if with wadding. v.i. 10. to become formed into a wad. [1530–40; < Medieval Latin wadda < Arabic bāṭa'in lining of a garment, batting; compare French ouate, Dutch watte, Swedish vadd]

Wad

a little amount; a tuft or bundle; 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 groans; of hay, 1596; of hemp, 1799; of linen (to carry on the head), 1752; of lupins, 1601; of money; of peas, 1620; of reeds, 1886; of straw, 1573; of tobacco; of tow; of wheat, 1763.

wad

Past participle: wadded
Gerund: wadding

Imperative
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wad

Present
I wad
you wad
he/she/it wads
we wad
you wad
they wad

Preterite
I wadded
you wadded
he/she/it wadded
we wadded
you wadded
they wadded

Present Continuous
I am wadding
you are wadding
he/she/it is wadding
we are wadding
you are wadding
they are wadding

Present Perfect
I have wadded
you have wadded
he/she/it has wadded
we have wadded
you have wadded
they have wadded

Past Continuous
I was wadding
you were wadding
he/she/it was wadding
we were wadding
you were wadding
they were wadding

Past Perfect
I had wadded
you had wadded
he/she/it had wadded
we had wadded
you had wadded
they had wadded

Future
I will wad
you will wad
he/she/it will wad
we will wad
you will wad
they will wad

Future Perfect
I will have wadded
you will have wadded
he/she/it will have wadded
we will have wadded
you will have wadded
they will have wadded

Future Continuous
I will be wadding
you will be wadding
he/she/it will be wadding
we will be wadding
you will be wadding
they will be wadding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wadding
you have been wadding
he/she/it has been wadding
we have been wadding
you have been wadding
they have been wadding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wadding
you will have been wadding
he/she/it will have been wadding
we will have been wadding
you will have been wadding
they will have been wadding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wadding
you had been wadding
he/she/it had been wadding
we had been wadding
you had been wadding
they had been wadding

Conditional
I would wad
you would wad
he/she/it would wad
we would wad
you would wad
they would wad

Past Conditional
I would have wadded
you would have wadded
he/she/it would have wadded
we would have wadded
you would have wadded
they would have wadded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wad - a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
	2.	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"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sightlarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudedeluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	3.	wad - a wad of something chewable as tobaccochaw, chew, cud, plug, quidbite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
Verb	1.	wad - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"compact, pack, bundlearrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"compact, pack - have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
	2.	wad - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"chock up, cram, jampack, ram, jamstuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

wad

noun1. bundle, roll, bankroll (U.S. & Canad.), pocketful a wad of banknotes2. mass, ball, lump, hunk, piece, block, plug, chunk a wad of cotton wool3. plug, twist, chew, quid He spat out a great wad of tobacco.

wad

noun1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:chunk, clod, clump, gob, hunch, lump, nugget.Informal: hunk.2. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number:jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, zillion.3. Informal. A large sum of money:fortune, mint.Informal: bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum.Slang: pile.

Translations

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blow (one's) wad

1. To lose or spend all of one's money. My Las Vegas trip was short lived—I blew my wad at the poker table in the first two hours! Here's $20 for the weekend, don't blow your whole wad tonight.2. vulgar slang Of a man, to ejaculate semen during an orgasm.3. To lose control of one's composure, temper, patience, or nerve in a given situation. A reference to premature ejaculation, it is usually used in the negative. Don't blow your wad, we'll get there soon. The game is in 30 minutes. I know you're nervous, but stay sharp, don't blow your wad now.See also: blow, wad

shoot (one's) wad

1. slang To lose or spend all of one's money. My Las Vegas trip was short lived—I shot my wad at the poker table in the first two hours! Here's $20 for the weekend, don't shoot your whole wad tonight.2. vulgar slang Of a male, to ejaculate semen during an orgasm.See also: shoot, wad

wad up

To crumple something into a small lump or ball (i.e., a "wad"). A noun or pronoun can be used between "wad" and "up." My heart sank when I saw him wad the note up and toss it on the ground. Don't just wad up your papers and stuff them in your bag—put them in a folder or something, for crying out loud!See also: up, wad

dickwad

rude slang A male who is stupid, foolish, or inept. Of course Stan blew the big game—what a dickwad.

dipwad

One who is stupid or irritating, Geez, he keeps pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a dipwad.

shoot one's wad

Sl. to spend all or nearly all one's cash on hand. I shot my wad on junk food. I can't afford a cab. I shot my wad at the restaurant.See also: shoot, wad

shoot one's bolt

Also, shoot one's wad. Do all within one's power; exhaust one's resources or capabilities. For example, They were asking for more ideas but Bob had shot his bolt and couldn't come up with any , or Don't shoot your wad with that article or you won't have any material for the sequels. The first expression comes from archery and referred to using up all of one's bolts (short, heavy arrows fired with a crossbow); it was a proverb by the 1200s. The colloquial variant, dating from about 1900, comes from gambling and refers to spending all of a wad of rolled-up banknotes. Also see shoot the works. See also: bolt, shoot

shoot your wad

If someone shoots their wad, they use all their effort or money for something, so that they have no energy or money left. He gave the impression of a man who shot his wad too early, and was left with only a reputation and some memories. The team seems to have shot its wad earlier in the season.See also: shoot, wad

wad up

v. To crumple or compress something into a wad: I wadded up the piece of paper and threw it in the trash. The janitor wadded the tissues up and threw them away.See also: up, wad

dickwad

n. a stupid and ineffective male. (Possibly a reference to semen, see wad (sense 2).) What a dickwad! Beat it!

dipwad

(ˈdɪpwɑd) n. a jerk; a nerd. (Euphemistic for dipshit.) If you weren’t a big dipwad, you would give me a hand with this.

shoot one’s wad

tv. to spend or use everything. I can’t afford a cab. I shot my wad at the restaurant. See also: shoot, wad

tight wad

n. a stingy person; a miser. (see also wad.) There’s no need to be such a tight wad. See also: tight, wad

wad

1. (wɑd) n. a bundle of money; a bankroll. (see also tight wad.) I lost my wad on a rotten horse in the seventh race. 2. n. a gob of semen. He called the wad a cumquat and thought he’d made a joke.

shoot (one's) wad

1. Slang a. To spend all of one's cash.b. To use up all of one's energy or resources.2. Vulgar Slang To ejaculate.See also: shoot, wad

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noun bundle

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noun mass

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noun plug

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noun an irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size

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noun an indeterminately great amount or number

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noun a large sum of money

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noun a small mass of soft material

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noun (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

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noun a wad of something chewable as tobacco

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verb compress into a wad

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verb crowd or pack to capacity

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