wad

n.

1. A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.
2. A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.
3. 1. A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.
   2. A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.
4. Informal. A large amount: a wad of troubles.
5. Informal.
   1. A sizable roll of paper money.
   2. A considerable amount of money.

v., wad·ded, wad·ding, wads.

v.tr.

1. To compress into a wad.
2. To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding.
3. 1. To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.
   2. To insert a wad into (a firearm).

v.intr.
To form into a wad.

[Origin unknown.]

noun

1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clod, clump, gob¹, hunch, lump¹, nugget. Informal hunk. See part/whole.
2. An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal bushel, gob¹ (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², scad (often used in plural), slew, zillion. See big/small/amount.
3. A large sum of money: fortune, mint. Informal bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum. Slang pile. See rich/poor.

n. a disk of felt or another material used to keep powder or shot in place in a gun barrel.

v. wadded, wadding

stop up (an aperture or a gun barrel) with a bundle or lump of soft material.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tot, plade, bundt, rulle, skive, forladning
v. tr. - sammenpresse, sammenrulle, tilstoppe, vattere, fore
v. intr. - sammenpresse, sammenrulle, tilstoppe, vattere, fore

Nederlands (Dutch)
prop, watten, rol bankbiljetten, veel geld, prop voor poeder in kanon, watteren, proppen, prop maken

Français (French)
n. - tampon, bouchon (d'ouate), boulette (de chewing-gum), liasse (de billets de banque), (Mil) bourre (de cartouche), (GB, Mil) sandwich (arg)
v. tr. - bourrer (une arme à feu), (Cout) ouater, capitonner
v. intr. - se former en bouchon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bausch, Bündel, Ladepfropf
v. - zustopfen, durch einen Pfropf festhalten, füttern, wattieren, zusammenknüllen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεσμίδα, μάτσο, στουπί, βάτα
v. - καπιτονάρω, στουπώνω, παραγεμίζω

Italiano (Italian)
imbottire, tamponare, ovattare, tappare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chumaço (m), dinheiro (m) (gíria)
v. - enchumaçar

Русский (Russian)
комок, тампон, кусочек, пыж, пачка (денег), комкать, туго свертывать, набивать чем-л. мягким, затыкать, вкладывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - fajo (de papel, billetes, etc.), dineral, fortuna, prenda
v. tr. - acolchar, rellenar, apiñar, apretar (papel, estopa, etc.), atacar (arma de fuego), enguatar
v. intr. - tapar, rellenar, acolchar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - propp, stoppning, sedelbunt
v. - vaddera, göra en propp av

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
块状软物, 填料, 揉成圆团, 填塞, 小块, 使成一团, 用填料填塞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 塊狀軟物, 填料
v. tr. - 揉成圓團, 填塞, 小塊
v. intr. - 使成一團, 用填料填塞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (건초, 껌, 종이 등 부드러운 것을 둥글린) 뭉치, 다발, 채워 넣는 물건, 지폐 뭉치
v. tr. - (작은 덩이로) 뭉치다, (충전물을) 채워 넣다, (총에) 알 마개를 틀어넣다
v. intr. - (작은 덩이로) 뭉치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塊, 詰め物, 束, 大量, 札束, 大金
v. - 小さく丸める, 丸めて詰める, 詰め物をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حشوة, رزمه, نوع من السدادة الخفيفه التي تستعمل لتثبيت البارود في البندقيه, لباد داخل الخرطوشه يستعمل لفصل مركباتها, كميه صغيرة من المضغه, مقدار كبير من المال, لفيفه أوراق ماليه, مال (فعل) يحشو, يلف, يسد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גושיש רך לסתימת חלל, רפידה, מוך, חבילה, צרור מסמכים ושטרות, כריך, לחמניה‬
v. tr. - ‮ריפד, צרר, כרך, סתם‬
v. intr. - ‮הפך לגוש‬

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