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wad^¹

/wɒd/ UK
/wɑd/ US

Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

Probably short for Middle English wadmal (“woolen cloth”), from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). See wadmal.

Cognate with Swedish vadd (“wadding, cotton wool”), German Wat, Watte (“wad, padding, cotton wool”), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (“cotton wool”), West Frisian waad, Old English wǣd (“garment, clothing”) (English: weed). More at weed, meal.

noun wads · wadde

An amorphous, compact mass. Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
A substantial pile (normally of money). With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan.
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. "Bulleted revolver cartridges contain no wad. You are thinking of a shot-gun, sir."
Similar: prop, valet
slang A sandwich. Once we were all sat on the ground, drinking our tea and eating a cheese wad - that was all you could get - I asked where my mate Jackson was. Nobody had any idea but as he was required in the flight office we did a search.
slang, vulgar An ejaculation of semen. All at once, Steven let out a loud gasp, as his cock jerked violently in his hand and sent wad after wad of hot white sperm shooting out all over his chest and stomach.
Similar: cumload, cumwad, load

verb wads · wadding · wadded · wadde

To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
Ulster To wager.
To insert or force a wad into. to wad a gun
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton. to wad a cloak

wad^²

noun wads · wadd

countable, dialectal, uncountable Plumbago, graphite. Wad was worth the equivalent of £1,300 a tonne, and some people felt it was worth risking a whipping to smuggle it out.
countable, uncountable Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.

WAD^³

phrase

abbreviation, acronym, humorous Acronym of works as designed
abbreviation, acronym Acronym of where's all the data?, commonly used when referring to the video game Doom.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cram, heap, cud, chew, slew, mess, bundle, muckle, mickle, pile, jampack, pack, hatful, lot, plenty, spate

Translations

Every language

noun compact mass

日本語	固まり katamari
Français	tampon, boule
Русский	комо́к komók

noun substantial pile (normally of money)

Español	fajo
日本語	束 taba
Français	paquet, liasse
Русский	па́чка páčka
العربية	رِزْمَة rizma
עברית	סְטֵפָה stéfa

noun soft plug

Français	bourre, étoupin, bouchon
Deutsch	Vorladung, Vorschlag, Pfropfen
Русский	пыж pyž

noun ejaculate

Français	décharge
Deutsch	Wichse

verb to crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball

Français	rouler en boule, capitonner, boucher, rembourrer
Deutsch	zerknüllen, verkrumpeln
Русский	комкать komkatʹ, скомкать skomkatʹ

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@misc{wad_2026,
  title = {wad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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