Wad (Noun)
Meaning 1
A small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter".
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
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Meaning 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Synonyms
- Mass
- Good Deal
- Lot
- Quite A Little
- Great Deal
- Flock
- Hatful
- Peck
- Tidy Sum
- Slew
- Raft
- Passel
- Mountain
- Pot
- Sight
- Mint
- Pile
- Mickle
- Spate
- Stack
- Deal
- Plenty
- Muckle
- Mess
- Heap
- Batch
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Meaning 3
A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- He tucked a new wad of chaw into his lower lip and spit out a wad of brown juice.
- The cowboys were notorious for spitting large wads of tobacco onto the saloon floor.
- The baseball player inserted a fresh wad of gum into his mouth before each at-bat.
- She had to hide her wad of gum from her teacher, who forbade chewing in class.
- After dinner, the weary farmer unwrapped a plug of his favorite chewing tobacco and worked up a comfortable wad to last him the evening.