The Meaning of wad

• (n.) Woad.
• (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
• (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
• (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
• (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
• (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
• (n.) Alt. of Wadd

Synonyms

batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , chew , chaw , cud , quid , plug , pack , bundle , compact , jam , jampack , ram , chock up , cram

Rhymes

abad , abroad , applaud , arthropod , assad , aud , awad , awed , ayyad , baade , backboard , ballade , baud , bawd , belgrade , bershad , brachiopod , braud , braude , broad , brod , cephalopod , claud , claude , clawed , cod , codd , defraud , dodd , elrod , escalade , esplanade , facade , fahd , flawed , fraud , girod , glaude , glod , gnawed , god , goldenrod , hodde , jawed , laud , laude , maraud , maud , maude , mod , mossad , natividad , nod , novgorod , odd , peapod , pernod , petard , plod , pod , prod , prodd , quad , raad , rachad , ramrod , rashad , riad , riyad , riyadh , rod , rodd , roughshod , saad , saud , schaad , scrod , shod , slipshod , sod , squad , thawed , tightwad , tod , todd , tripod , trod