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wad

/wɒd/
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noun

  • An amorphous, compact mass.

    "Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper."

  • A substantial pile (normally of money).

    "With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan"

  • 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.

    "She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash."

  • To wager.
  • To insert or force a wad into.

    "to wad a gun"

  • To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

    "to wad a cloak"

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