Meaning of Wad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An amorphous, compact mass.
2. Plumbago, graphite.
   countable, dialectal, uncountable
3. A substantial pile (normally of money).
4. Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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.
6. A sandwich.
   slang
7. An ejaculation of semen.
   slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Our cat loves to play⟳ with a small wad of paper.”

“My first impulse was to get⟳ it[the chewing gum] into my mouth as quickly as possible, but I remembered where I was. I ran home, and on our front porch I examined my loot. The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die⟳ I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley’s Double-Mint. When Jem came home he asked me where I got such a wad. I told him I found it.”

“With a wad of cash like⟳ that, she should not have⟳ been walking round Manhattan.”

“The campfires provide⟳ enough plain old regular visible light⟳ to show⟳ this sorry affair for what it is: a bunch of demented Boy Scouts, a jamboree without merit badges or hygiene. With the IR supered on top of the visible, she can also see⟳ vague, spectral red faces out in the shadows where her unassisted eyes would only see⟳ darkness. These new Knight Visions cost⟳ her a big wad of her Mob drug-running money. Just the kind of thing Mom had in mind⟳ when she insisted Y.T. get⟳ a part-time job.”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“It's a strange thing this yellow liquid, the bodily fluid of a stranger. What was he thinking when he shot his wad? Is he somewhere now wondering about his sperm? Is he at this very moment wondering if a woman somewhere is inseminating with his seed? Well, we are! Here we are in Boston, and we are!”

“When a man "blows his wad," at least two different things could have⟳ occurred: he either spent or lost all his money in a wager (his wad), or he spent or ejaculated his sperm (his wad). Thorne goes on to suggest⟳ that since at least the 1950s "blow⟳," in this context, is a euphemism for "ejaculate."”

“Grabbing hold⟳ of his throbbing organ, he started to turn⟳ away from her, had second thoughts, and proceeded to shoot⟳ his wad, ejaculate all over the sweating, sultry body that was stretched out, languishing at his feet.”

“Wad was worth the equivalent of £1,300 a tonne, and some people felt it was worth risking a whipping to smuggle it out.”

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