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wad::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | 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 |
| Type of | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity |
| Has types | haymow, flood, deluge, torrent, inundation |
a wad of money.
Examples of wad
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At around eight o'clock that morning Herr Arnhold hands me a large wad of bills.
From the theatlantic.com
Why did the defense sag and the offense turn into a tentative wad of poor shots?
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It softens into a mushy wad of cheese, giving its all to the water it cooks in.
From the sfgate.com
It cost the city up to a bit more than $3 to remove each wad from the pavement.
From the washingtonpost.com
You will be in a better position to negotiate with a wad of money in your pocket.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
After 30 minutes of fishless efforts, I found a thick wad of trout down the bank.
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It was like watching Superman try to fly with a wad of kryptonite in his mouth.
From the sacbee.com
Only a quarter of the people with WAD said they expected to make a full recovery.
From the sciencedaily.com
Her ethics are as malleable as a fresh wad of Play-Doh, and about as palatable.
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- A small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
- Pack: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
- Batch: (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"
- Jam: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
- Chew: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (wads) tons: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
- Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides. Specific mineral varieties include pyrolusite, lithiophorite, nsutite, takanelite, and vernadite.
- Wood, also spelled Wode, Woode, Woodde, or Wad is a surname of English origin that is common throughout the world, especially countries with historical links to Britain.
- Doom WADs are package files for the video game Doom or its sequel Doom II, that contain sprites, levels, and game data. WAD stands for Where's All the Data?. ...
