wad

wad  (wd)

n.

1. A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.

2. A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.

3.

a. A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.

b. A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.

4. Informal A large amount: a wad of troubles.

5. Informal

a. A sizable roll of paper money.

b. A considerable amount of money.

v. wad·ded, wad·ding, wads

v.tr.

1. To compress into a wad.

2. To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding.

3.

a. To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.

b. To insert a wad into (a firearm).

v.intr.

To form into a wad.

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[Origin unknown.]

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wad

Noun

1. a small mass of soft material, such as cotton wool, used for packing or stuffing

2. a roll or bundle of banknotes or papers [Late Latin wadda]

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Wad a little amount; a tuft or bundle; a heap or swathe.

Examples: wad of banknotes, 1899; of beans, 1856; of clovergrass, 1750; of cotton (a plug), 1861; of greenbacks (U. S. money); of groans; of hay, 1596; of hemp, 1799; of linen (to carry on the head), 1752; of lupins, 1601; of money; of peas, 1620; of reeds, 1886; of straw, 1573; of tobacco; of tow; of wheat, 1763.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wad - a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
	2.	wad - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	3.	wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
Verb	1.	wad - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" compact, pack, bundle arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" compact, pack - have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
	2.	wad - crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" chock up, cram, jampack, ram, jam stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" cram - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

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wad

noun 1. bundle, roll, bankroll U.S., Canad. pocketful

2. mass, ball, lump, hunk, piece, block, plug, chunk

Translations

wad [wɔd] n [of cotton wool, paper] → bolita; [of banknotes etc] → fajo

wad [wɔd] n [of cotton wool, paper] → tampon m [of banknotes etc]; liasse f

wad [wɔd] n [of cotton wool] → Bausch m [of paper, banknotes] → Bündel nt

wad [wɔd] n [of cotton wool, paper] → tampone m [of banknotes etc] → fascio