Associations to the word «Wad»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
WAD, noun. An amorphous, compact mass.
WAD, noun. A substantial pile (normally of money).
WAD, noun. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
WAD, noun. (slang) A sandwich.
WAD, noun. (vulgar) (slang) An ejaculate of semen.
WAD, noun. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
WAD, verb. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
WAD, verb. (Ulster) To wager.
WAD, verb. To insert or force a wad into.
WAD, verb. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
WAD, acronym. (computing) (humorous) It works as designed.
Dictionary definition
WAD, noun. A small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter".
WAD, noun. (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".
WAD, noun. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
WAD, verb. Compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box".
WAD, verb. Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.