English dictionary
wad
nounPronunciation
/wɒd/
/wɑd/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
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.
- A sandwich.
- An ejaculation of semen.
verb
- To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- To wager.
- To insert or force a wad into.
- To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
noun
- Plumbago, graphite.
- Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Example sentences
Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
to wad a gun
to wad a cloak