Meaning of 'wad' (Webster Dictionary)
- Woad.
- A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
- 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.
- A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used
for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment,
etc.
- Alt. of Wadd
- To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
tow or cotton.
- 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.
Meaning of 'wad' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example in sentence:- a batch of letters;
- a deal of trouble;
- a lot of money;
- a slew of journalists;
- a wad of money;
- he made a mint on the stock market;
- it must have cost plenty;
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Meaning (2):
- a small mass of soft material
Example in sentence:- he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
Meaning (3):
- crowd or pack to capacity
Example in sentence:- the theater was jampacked
Meaning (4):
- compress into a wad
Definition
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