Associations to the word «Wad»

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 but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche