wad
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An amorphous, compact mass.
Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
- 2.
A substantial pile (normally of money).
With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan.
- 3.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: prop, valet
- 4.
(slang)A sandwich.
- 5.
(slang, vulgar)An ejaculation of semen.
- 6.
(countable, dialectal, uncountable)(dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
- 2.
(Ulster)To wager.
- 3.
To insert or force a wad into.
to wad a gun
- 4.
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
to wad a cloak
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Probably short for Middle English wadmal (woolen cloth), from Old Norse váðmál (woolen stuff), from váð (cloth) + mál (measure). See wadmal.