wad
IPA: wˈɑd
noun
- An amorphous, compact mass.
- A substantial pile (normally of money).
- A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
- (slang) A sandwich.
- (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
- (dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
- (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
verb
- To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- (Ulster) To wager.
- To insert or force a wad into.
- To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
Examples of "wad" in Sentences
- He handed the wad of money.
- I found a wad of newspaper in my room.
- Also, the massive wad of meatpuppetry is disturbing.
- The leaves of Wad Laqai palms are wide and sweeping.
- The bumps make the carriers spill some of their wads.
- It would be better to show a wad of gum on the sidewalk.
- The latex flow tends to be absorbed by the wad wrapping.
- A wad of paper or hay was added, and then the ball was thrown in.
- The editor previous to that had deleted a very large wad of the article.
- I walked out of that Harlem club with the biggest wad of cash in my pocket.