wad
noun
1. a small mass of soft material
- he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a wad of money
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack
Definition categories: quantity
3. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Similar word(s): chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid
Definition categories: food, bit, bite, morsel
Sentences with wad as a noun:
- 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
verb
1. compress into a wad
- wad paper into the box
Similar word(s): bundle, compact, pack
Definition categories: contact, arrange
2. crowd or pack to capacity
Similar word(s): cram, jam, jampack, ram
Definition categories: contact, stuff
Sentences with wad as a verb:
- She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
- to wad a gun
- to wad a cloak