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wad
1[ wod ]
noun
- a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
a wad of paper;
a wad of tobacco.
- a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc.
- a roll of something, especially of bank notes.
- Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money:
He's got a healthy wad salted away.
- 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.
- British Dialect. a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to form (material) into a wad.
- to roll tightly (often followed by up ):
He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket.
- to hold in place by a wad:
They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets.
- to put a wad into; stuff with a wad.
- to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad:
to wad a quilt;
to wad a speech with useless information.
verb (used without object)
- to become formed into a wad:
The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket.
wad
2[ wod ]
noun
- a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
wad
1/ 飞蓲诲 /
noun
- a small mass or ball of fibrous or soft material, such as cotton wool, used esp for packing or stuffing
- a plug of paper, cloth, leather, etc, pressed against a charge to hold it in place in a muzzle-loading cannon
- a disc of paper, felt, pasteboard, etc, used to hold in place the powder and shot in a shotgun cartridge
- a roll or bundle of something, esp of banknotes
- slang.a large quantity, esp of money
- dialect.a bundle of hay or straw
- slang.military a bun
char and a wad
verb
- to form (something) into a wad
- tr to roll into a wad or bundle
- tr
- to hold (a charge) in place with a wad
- to insert a wad into (a gun)
- tr to pack or stuff with wadding; pad
wad
2/ 飞蓲诲 /
noun
- a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
Derived Forms
- 藞飞补诲诲别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 飞补诲顎僤别谤 noun
- 耻苍路飞补诲顎僤别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of wad1
Origin of wad2
Idioms and Phrases
- shoot one's wad, Informal.
- to spend all one's money:
He shot his wad on a new car.
- 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.
- Slang: Vulgar. (of a man) to have an orgasm.
Example Sentences
After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take refuge in Lebanon.
In the days after Baby Callum's discovery, tests found wads of tissue paper had been inserted into his mouth and throat, confirming it was not likely to have been an accident.
Medical evidence about how Callum died was inconclusive, but Justice Eady said it was likely he had been suffocated possibly when wads of tissue paper were inserted into his mouth and throat.
Forensic investigators found wads of tissue paper had been put into his mouth and throat, and found injuries consistent with asphyxiation after birth.
More recently, when living at Penilee in Glasgow, he waded into a frozen pond to rescue a woman's dog that had fallen through the ice.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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