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.