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English
Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�d|-�d
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
- cattag2|Vulgarities|Slang an ejaculation of semen.
Translations
trans-top|compact mass
French: tampon m, boule f
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trans-top|pile of money
Finnish: nippu, tukku
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French: paquet m, liasse f
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trans-top|soft plug
Finnish: tuppo
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French: bourre f
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trans-top|ejaculation
French: décharge f
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Verb
en-verb|wads|wadding|wadded
- To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
#:She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
Old English
Etymology
Common Germanic *wai(s)da-, whence also Old High German weit
Noun
w�d
- woad
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Scots
Verb
wad
- South Scots would
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