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wad

The correct spelling is wad.

How to pronounce wad

/wɒd/
noun

IPA: /wɒd/

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The correct spelling is wad. An amorphous, compact mass. For example: "Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper."

Usage Examples

Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.

With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan

She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.

Meanings

noun

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

verb

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

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