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wads

wɑdz
WordNet
Courtesan Yaoya Oshichi throwing a paper wad over a blue folding screen, behind which her beloved Kichisaburo sleeps. Poem in orange striped cartouche top left; above the folding screen a commentary on the performance.
Courtesan Yaoya Oshichi throwing a paper wad over a blue folding screen, behind which her beloved Kichisaburo sleeps. Poem in orange striped cartouche top left; above the folding screen a commentary on the performance.
  1. (n) wads
    a large number or amount "made lots of new friends","she amassed stacks of newspapers"
Idioms

Shoot your wad - When you have shot your wad, you have expended everything and have no more to say or do about a matter.

Usage in the news

Steve Martin Makes a Wad of Paper (And a Campaign Video for Nebraska's Bob Kerrey). seattleweekly.com

A clerk at a Lovejoy bank wadded up a robber's note and threw it back at him before giving him the money he demanded. news-daily.com

Over-the-counter earplugs Keep stage volume low Custom in-ear monitors Wadded up bar napkins stuffed in ears Point the speakers at someone else What's that. guitarplayer.com

Learn how to turn your wadded-up sheets into sleek, easy-to-store rectangles of fabric - -each and every time. bhg.com

A couple of years ago, as I was cleaning my bedroom, I came across a wad of shriveled foam in a small paper cup. pubs.acs.org

Even if he really were heaving great wads of cash out a window, he'd have our respect . chicagotribune.com

In the video, she can be seen handling the bills with her right hand but the left hand quickly skims and folds a wad of bills from the top of the stack. abclocal.go.com

80, llbean.com This budget-friendly roller is proof that you don't need to drop a wad of cash to nab a high-quality case, especially if you're not packing a business suit. ired.com

Russell rips the paper out of the boy's hand and wads it up. blog.timesunion.com

It's WAD , and most people have no idea what that means. onlineathens.com

There's a lot of pink in the air with October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but some will sport blue today instead -- because it's World Arthritis Day ( WAD ). onlineathens.com

Woman Asks For Job Application, Steals Wad of Cash. bbjtv.com

Steve Martin comes to Senate candidate's aid with ' wad of paper' video. foxnews.com

Sarah Palin slams Chris Christie for getting his "panties in a wad " over Gingrich. blog.sfgate.com

But when 28-year-old grad student John Larsen found a wad of cash on an early-morning walk near his home in Clinton Hill, he decided he should give it back. nymag.com

Usage in scientific papers

Arge.: The buffer tree, a new technique for optimal I/O algorithms . In Proc. of the Fourth WADS, pages 334– 345, 1995.
The Random Buffer Tree : A Randomized Technique for I/O-efficient Algorithms

Wad ia Spenta R 2008 String theory: a framework for quantum gravity and various app lications Curr.
String theory: big problem for small size

By (c), we have g ad = δad − ǫzad (x) − εwad(y ) + O(e2).
Telleparallel Lagrange Geometry and a Unified Field Theory: Linearization of the Field Equations

Usage in literature

My wad's small, but if I've not had enough when it's used up, I'll look for a job. "Lister's Great Adventure" by Harold Bindloss

I'll swear that I found this wad of bills in your pocket, see! "For Gold or Soul?" by Lurana W. Sheldon

O, Effie, look but up and say what ye wad hae me do, and I could find it in my heart amaist to say I wad do 't. "The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII" by Various

I gi'e you my word 'e don godd dad sens' to know wad dad mean. "The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable

And how he wad gang to fair England, To steal the Lord Warden's Wanton Brown! "Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)" by Walter Scott

He's verra ill the noo, an' the mistress sent me ower to speir gien ye wad obleege her by gaein' to see him. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875." by Various

I put a wad er paper in the dinner horn. "Randy and Her Friends" by Amy Brooks

Six months ago Meary wur ta'en ill, an fro' t' furst he knoad how it wad eend. "The Lancashire Witches" by William Harrison Ainsworth

What can a mon do at nussin', I wad ken? "Adèle Dubois" by Mrs. William T. Savage

From his blankets he took a tin can, drew a wad of newspaper from it, and made coffee. "Sundown Slim" by Henry Hubert Knibbs

Usage in poetry
"Just at the mirk and midnight hour
The fairy folk will ride,
And they that wad their true love win,
At Miles Cross they maun bide."
"Just at the mirk and midnight hour
The fairy folk will ride,
And they that wad their true-love win,
At Miles Cross they maun bide."
He thocht to sit within the kirk
He rather wad than sit ootbye,
Sae in he gaed, an' there he sat
Till stars were blinkin' in the sky.
“Now whether is this a rich man’s house,
Or whether is it a poor?”
But neer a word wad ane o them speak,
For barring of the door.
"I dinna say 'at there isna a hell—
To lee wad be a disgrace!
I bide there whan I'm at hame mysel,
And it's no sic a byous ill place!
"Now fare thee weel, sweet Mangerton!
For I think again I'll ne'er thee see:
I wad betray nae lad alive,
For a' the goud in Christentie.