Definition of wad Wad
/wɑˈd/ - [wad] - wad
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NounPlural: wads |
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| wad - a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" | ||
| wad - (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" | ||
| batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum | ||
| large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude | ||
| inundation, deluge, torrent, flood a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" | ||
| wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco | ||
| chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug | ||
| morsel, bite, bit a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" | ||
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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)
An ejaculate of semen. - wad (Noun)
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)
To wager.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wad (n.)
Woad. - wad (n.)
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. - wad (n.)
Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose. - wad (n.)
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc. - wad (v. t.)
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton. - wad (v. t.)
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak. - wad (n.)
Alt. of Wadd
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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wad
bourrelet, a quantity of old rope-yarns rolled firmly together into the form of a ball, and used to confine the shot or shell, together with its charge of powder, in the breech of a piece of artillery.M. Le Blond observes, in his Elements of war, that the wad is necessary to retain the charge closely in the chamber of the cannon, so that it may not, when fired, be dilated around the sides of the ball, by its windage as it passes through the chace; a circumstance which would considerably diminish the effort of the powder. But as the wad cannot be fastened to the sides of the bore, it is carried away in the same instant when the charge is inflamed, and that with so little resistance, that it cannot in any degree retard the explosion, or give time for the entire inflammation of the powder.This reasoning may with equal propriety be applied to the wad that covers the bullet; which, nevertheless, is absolutely requisite, to prevent it from rolling out when the piece is fired horizontally or pointed downwards. Both are therefore peculiarly necessary in naval engagements, because, without being thus retained in its chamber, the shot would instantly roll out of the chace by the agitation of the vessel.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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wad
A kind of plug, closely fitting the bore of a gun, which is rammed home over the shot to confine it to its place, and sometimes also between the shot and the cartridge: generally made of coiled junk, otherwise a rope grommet, &c.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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wad
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun. -
wad
See GROMMET, and JUNK-WADS.
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