wad
Because it is a word with a single syllable, wad is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwad
- An amorphous, compact mass.
Example: "Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper."
- A substantial pile (normally of money).
Example: "With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan"
- 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.
- A sandwich.
- An ejaculation of semen.
- To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
Example: "She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash."
- To wager.
- To insert or force a wad into.
Example: "to wad a gun"
- To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
Example: "to wad a cloak"
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