Meaning & Definition of Wad in English
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Wad
/wɑd/
noun
1. A small mass of soft material
- "He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
synonym:
- wad
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- "A batch of letters"
- "A deal of trouble"
- "A lot of money"
- "He made a mint on the stock market"
- "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
- "It must have cost plenty"
- "A slew of journalists"
- "A wad of money"
synonym:
- batch,
- deal,
- flock,
- good deal,
- great deal,
- hatful,
- heap,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mickle,
- mint,
- mountain,
- muckle,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plenty,
- pot,
- quite a little,
- raft,
- sight,
- slew,
- spate,
- stack,
- tidy sum,
- wad
3. A wad of something chewable as tobacco
synonym:
- chew,
- chaw,
- cud,
- quid,
- plug,
- wad
verb
1. Compress into a wad
- "Wad paper into the box"
synonym:
- pack,
- bundle,
- wad,
- compact
2. Crowd or pack to capacity
- "The theater was jampacked"
synonym:
- jam,
- jampack,
- ram,
- chock up,
- cram,
- wad
Examples of using
Tom burned a big wad of hundred dollar bills.
Tom burned a wad of bills.