wad
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3.2
- noun
- /wɑd/
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bolita
- Ricky pulls a ragged wad of tissues from her sleeve and hands it to the weeping girl.
So each one of these little links here is, you know, if you don't just pop it in your mouth and chew it like a big wad of gum or something like that, you savor it.
- So each one of these little links here is, you know, if you don't just pop it in your mouth and chew it like a big wad of gum or something like that, you savor it.
- She had on these super tight blue jeans and she was just, I'm in her panties were in a wad.
Examples
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Why is there a wad of chewing gum on your back?
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- And get rid of that wad of gum.
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This doctor took a wad of cotton.
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It was soft, like a wad of gum.
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Ginny sat in her kitchen crying into a wad of paper towels.
Fiction book (1990) -
No whiskey in sight, I opened a tin of tobacco and shoved a wad into my mouth.
Fiction book (1992) -
I open the stained envelope, and a wad of paper cutouts falls out.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's got a bandanna wrapped around his forehead and a wad of gum in his teeth.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's empty, except for the balled-up wads of newspaper that he's stuffing inside it.
Fiction book (1992) -
After chewing for a while, I noticed I had a big wad of bubble gum stuck to my shoe.
Synonyms
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2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
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6.4
A small piece of tobacco or gum kept in the mouth to bite
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9.9
A small piece of chewing tobacco pressed into a shape to chew
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9.9
A small piece of tobacco or gum that you put in your cheek to chew
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8.4
A small wad of tobacco that people keep in the mouth and chew
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9.9
A large thick bundle of paper or money
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9.9
A small lump of tobacco you chew and keep in your mouth
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Etymology
Wad originally meant a 'bundle' or piece of stuffing, the same idea you find in wadding, so a wad is a small soft lump or ball of material you can hold or push into a hole.