wad

v. plug with cotton wool; line or pad with wadding; hold in place with padding; form into a wad

n. small mass, small ball; padding material; (Slang) large amount (as of money, friends, etc.)

n. file attached to computer game programs (contains information about game options, game levels, targets, graphic design, etc.)

The abbreviation WAD can refer to:Doom WAD files; which are packages containing levels, graphics and other game data, often used to refer to modified version of these files.An abbreviation meaning 'Working as Designed' within the realm of computer programming, especially within computer games.Women and Development, a theoretical perspective on the role of women in development that emerged in the 1970s as a critique of the WID (Women in Development) perspective.WAD, referring to the 65 year old 'World Aviation Directory' or 'The WAD'. Contains people, program, company and product/service information. Today this Directory is also available online. See www.aviationweek.com/wadWilliam Addison Dwiggins, a 20th century US type- and graphic designer, who was known by his initials
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Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides. Specific mineral varieties include pyrolusite, lithiophorite, nsutite, takanelite, and vernadite.
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Noun
1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
(synonym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, whole lot, whole slew
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
(hyponym) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
(derivation) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
2. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
(synonym) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
(hypernym) morsel, bit, bite
(derivation) pack, bundle, compact
Verb
1. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
(synonym) pack, bundle, compact
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) puddle
(verb-group) compact, pack
(derivation) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
2. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
(synonym) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
(hypernym) stuff
(verb-group) cram
(derivation) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, whole lot, whole slew

n. mudflat, shallow

(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.
  

(v. t.)
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
  

(n.)
Woad.
  

(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.)
Alt. of Wadd
  

(n.)
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
  

(n.)
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.