wodge

1 9.9

A large thick bundle of paper or money

noun
/wɒdʒ/

: fajo

He counted a wodge of cash before deciding to make a large purchase.

Examples

The artist had a wodge of thick paint on his palette, ready to create a new masterpiece.
Right at the end of this wodge of stuff, let's put it down here as a separate card of its own.
Here, Chas, grab a wodge.

The Libertine (2004)
After sorting the papers, she saw a wodge of documents piled high on the table.

Synonyms

chunk

vswodge

265 2.4

A fairly large piece of something, often food or solid material

describes a bulkier mass often made of paper or cash

hunk

vswodge

50 2.5

A large piece of food that has no clear shape

applies more to thick paper or cash masses not food pieces

pile

vswodge

Slang

32 7.1

A large amount of money

is used for a physical thick mass rather than an abstract sum

wad

vswodge

27 4.6

A thick bundle of paper money

is a larger loose mass rather than a tight bundle

boodle

vswodge

Archaic

1 9.9

A large amount of cash kept for spending

is broader including any large physical mass not only money

piles

vswodge

2.1

A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack

refers to one big thick mass rather than many separate stacks

Antonyms

bit

∞ 1.0

A small piece or amount of something, for example food

sliver

51 3.9

A very thin small piece cut or broken from something like wood

How Big

mass

259 2.9

wodge

1 9.9

wad

27 4.6

chunk

265 2.4

lump

77 2.0

bit

∞ 1.0

scrap

179 2.1

Surface Forms

wodge singular

wodges plural

Morphology

wodge = wad (semi-transparent) = wad + ge

The relation to 'wad' is clear and learners can infer a mass of something, but the suffix '-ge' is informal/dialectal and the precise size/nuance is not predictable.

Etymology

Wodge comes from the older English word wad meaning 'lump' or 'bundle', and is like the familiar wad in 'a wad of cash'. So a wodge is a big, thick piece or amount of something, like a large bundle of paper or money.