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Definition wad

Etymology 1

Probably short for Middle English wadmal (�woolen cloth�), from Old Norse v��m�l (�woolen stuff�), from v�� (�cloth�) + m�l (�measure�). See wadmal. Cognate with Swedish vadd (�wadding, cotton wool�), German Wat, Watte (�wad, padding, cotton wool�), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (�cotton wool�), West Frisian waad, Old English w?d (�garment, clothing�) (English: weed). More at weed, meal.

Noun

wad (plural wads)

1. An amorphous, compact mass.
2. A substantial pile (normally of money).
3. 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.
4. (slang) A sandwich.
5. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.

Verb

wad (third-person singular simple present wads, present participle wadding, simple past and past participle wadded)

1. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
2. (Ulster) To wager.
3. To insert or force a wad into.
4. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

Etymology 2

Noun

wad (countable and uncountable, plural wads)

1. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.

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