wad 1
— wadder , n.
/wod/ , n. , v. , wadded, wadding .
n.
1. a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
2. a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc.
3. a roll of something, esp. of bank notes.
4. Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, esp. money: He's got a healthy wad salted away.
5. a plug of cloth, tow, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a gun or cartridge.
6. Brit. Dial. a bundle, esp. a small one, of hay, straw, etc.
7. shoot one's wad , Informal.
a. to spend all one's money: He shot his wad on a new car.
b. to expend all one's energies or resources at one time: She shot her wad writing her first novel and her second wasn't as good.
c. Slang ( vulgar ). (of a man) to have an orgasm.
v.t.
8. to form (material) into a wad.
9. to roll tightly (often fol. by up ): He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket.
10. to hold in place by a wad: They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets.
11. to put a wad into; stuff with a wad.
12. to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad: to wad a quilt; to wad a speech with useless information.
v.i.
13. to become formed into a wad: The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket.
[ 1530-40; wadda bata'in lining of a garment, batting; cf. F ouate, D watte, Sw vadd ]
wad 2
/wod/ , n.
a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
[ 1605-15; orig. uncert. ]