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Definitions for Wadding

[1] any fibrous or soft material for stuffing, padding, packing, etc., especially carded cotton in specially prepared sheets.
[2] material used as wads for guns, cartridges, etc.
[3] Surgery . any large dressing made of cotton or a similar absorbent material that is used to stanch the flow of blood or dress a wound.
[4] a wad or lump.
[5] a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
[6] a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc.
[7] a roll of something, especially of bank notes.
[8] Informal . a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money: He's got a healthy wad salted away.
[9] a plug of cloth, tow, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a gun or cartridge.
[10] British Dialect . a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc.
[11] to form (material) into a wad.
[12] to roll tightly (often followed by up ): He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket.
[13] to hold in place by a wad: They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets.
[14] to put a wad into; stuff with a wad.
[15] to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad: to wad a quilt; to wad a speech with useless information.
[16] to become formed into a wad: The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket.
[17] any fibrous or soft substance used as padding, stuffing, etc, esp sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose a piece of this
[18] material for wads used in cartridges or guns
[19] a small mass or ball of fibrous or soft material, such as cotton wool, used esp for packing or stuffing
[20] a plug of paper, cloth, leather, etc, pressed against a charge to hold it in place in a muzzle-loading cannon a disc of paper, felt, pasteboard, etc, used to hold in place the powder and shot in a shotgun cartridge
[21] a roll or bundle of something, esp of banknotes
[22] US and Canadian slang a large quantity, esp of money
[23] British dialect a bundle of hay or straw
[24] British military slang a bun char and a wad
[25] to form (something) into a wad
[26] (tr) to roll into a wad or bundle
[27] (tr) to hold (a charge) in place with a wad to insert a wad into (a gun)
[28] (tr) to pack or stuff with wadding; pad
[29] a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas

Words related to Wadding

lump, chunk, clump, packet, bundle, stuffing, mixture, layer, dressing, covering, Styrofoam, stuff, cover, fill, wedge, shove, stow, pack, pad, cram

Words nearby Wadding

wada, wadable, wadai, waddenzee, waddesdon manor, wadding, waddington, waddle, waddy, wade, wade in

Origin of Wadding

11530–40; < Medieval Latin wadda < Arabic bāṭa'in lining of a garment, batting; compare French ouate, Dutch watte, Swedish vadd

Other words from Wadding

wad·der , noun
un·wad·ded , adjective

Word origin for Wadding

C17: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Wadding

buffer, cushion, filling, packing, stuffing, wad, waste