wadder

Variant of wad

noun

  1. a small, soft mass or ball, as a handful of cotton, crumpled paper, etc.
  2. a lump or small, compact mass (of something): a wad of chewing tobacco
  3. a mass of soft or fibrous material used for padding, packing, stuffing, etc.
  4. a plug of hemp, tow, paper, etc. stuffed against a charge to keep it firmly in the breech of a muzzleloading gun or in a cartridge
  5. Informal a roll of paper money
  6. Slang a large amount, esp. of money

Origin: ML wadda, wadding < ?

transitive verb wadded, wadding

  1. to compress into a wad
  2. ☆ to roll up (paper, etc.) into a wad
    1. to plug with a wad
    2. to force or stuff: to wad oakum into a crack
  3. to line or pad with or as with wadding
  4. to hold (a charge) in place by a wad

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