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Definition of: wad
(wod) noun
1. A small compact mass of any soft or flexible substance, especially as used for stuffing, packing, or lining; also, a lump; mass: a wad of hair; also, a chew of tobacco, or a portion the right size for chewing.
2. A piece of paper, cloth, or leather used to hold in a charge of powder in a muzzleloading gun; also, a pasteboard or paper disk to hold powder and shot in place in a shotgun shell.
3. Fibrous material for stopping up breaks, leakages, etc.; wadding.
4. Colloq. A large amount.
5. Colloq. A roll of banknotes; hence, money; wealth.
6. A hydrated oxide of manganese and other metals.
—v. wad·ded, wad·ding v.t.
1. To press (fibrous substances, as cotton) into a mass or wad.
2. To roll or fold into a tight wad, as paper.
3. To pack with wadding for protection, as valuables, or to stuff or line with wadding.
4. To place a wad in, as a gun; hold in place with a wad.
—v.i.
5. To form into a wad. [Cf. Sw. vadd a wad]
—wad′dy adjective
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