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wad

UK/wɒd/ US/wɑd/ uncommon slang vulgar
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

compress into a wad

  • “wad paper into the box”
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2.

crowd or pack to capacity

  • “the theater was jampacked”
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noun

1.

(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”
  • “it must have cost plenty”
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Origin

Probably short for Middle English wadmal (“woolen cloth”), from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). See wadmal. Cognate with Swedish vadd (“wadding, cotton wool”), German Wat, Watte (“wad, padding, cotton wool”), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (“cotton wool”), West Frisian waad, Old English wǣd (“garment, clothing”) (English: weed). More at weed, meal.

Phrases

  • get one's panties in a wad
  • Joan the wad
  • junk wad
  • mobile wad
  • pop one's wad
  • spit wad

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