wads

Noun (1)

wad (plural wads)

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.
   • "Bulleted revolver cartridges contain no wad. You are thinking of a shot-gun, sir."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

   Synonyms:

   prop, valet

4. (slang) A sandwich.
   • Once we were all sat on the ground, drinking our tea and eating a cheese wad - that was all you could get - I asked where my mate Jackson was. Nobody had any idea but as he was required in the flight office we did a search.2012 January 17, Deborah Lake, Growling Over The Oceans: Avro Shackleton: The Men and the Missions
5. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
   • All at once, Steven let out a loud gasp, as his cock jerked violently in his hand and sent wad after wad of hot white sperm shooting out all over his chest and stomach.2000, Ian Cappell, The Awakening, London: Prowler Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   cumload, cumwad, load

Noun (2)

wad (countable and uncountable, plural wads)

1. (dialectal) Plumbago, graphite.
   • Wad was worth the equivalent of £1,300 a tonne, and some people felt it was worth risking a whipping to smuggle it out.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox, Sceptre, published 2003, →ISBN, page 96

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