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shoot one's wad

wad
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wod]
    • /ʃut wʌnz wɒd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wod]
    • /ʃut wʌnz wɒd/

Definitions of shoot one's wad words

  • noun shoot one's wad a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco. 1
  • noun shoot one's wad a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc. 1
  • noun shoot one's wad a roll of something, especially of bank notes. 1
  • noun shoot one's wad Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money: He's got a healthy wad salted away. 1
  • noun shoot one's wad 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. 1
  • noun shoot one's wad British Dialect. a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc. 1
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Origin of shoot one's wad

First appearance:

before 1530
One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < Medieval Latin wadda < Arabic bāṭa'in lining of a garment, batting; compare French ouate, Dutch watte, Swedish vadd

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Parts of speech for Shoot one's wad

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shoot one's wad

shoot one's wad popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for shoot one's wad

verb shoot one's wad

  • assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
  • culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
All 2 Synonyms of shoot one's wad

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