ALL meanings of wadding
wad·ding
W w - noun wadding a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco. 1
- noun wadding a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc. 1
- noun wadding a roll of something, especially of bank notes. 1
- noun wadding Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, especially money: He's got a healthy wad salted away. 1
- noun wadding 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 wadding British Dialect. a bundle, especially a small one, of hay, straw, etc. 1
- verb with object wadding to form (material) into a wad. 1
- verb with object wadding to roll tightly (often followed by up): He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket. 1
- verb with object wadding to hold in place by a wad: They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets. 1
- verb with object wadding to put a wad into; stuff with a wad. 1
- verb with object wadding to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad: to wad a quilt; to wad a speech with useless information. 1
- verb without object wadding to become formed into a wad: The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket. 1
- idioms wadding shoot one's wad, Informal. to spend all one's money: He shot his wad on a new car. to expend all one's energies or resources at one time: She shot her wad writing her first novel and her second wasn't as good. Slang: Vulgar. (of a man) to have an orgasm. 1
- noun wadding Soft, thick material used to line garments or pack fragile items, esp. absorbent cotton. 1
- uncountable noun wadding Wadding is soft material which is put around things to protect them, for example in packing. 0
- noun wadding any fibrous or soft substance used as padding, stuffing, etc, esp sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose 0
- noun wadding a piece of this 0
- noun wadding material for wads used in cartridges or guns 0
- noun wadding any soft or fibrous material for use in padding, packing, stuffing, etc.; esp., cotton made up into loose, fluffy sheets, or batting 0
- noun wadding any soft material for making wads, as for guns or cartridges 0
- noun wadding a wad, or wads collectively 0
- noun wadding wads collectively. 0
- noun wadding soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material. 0
- verb wadding present participle of wad. 0