Wad vs. Wap — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wad and Wap
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Wad
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.
Wap
A blow or beating; a whap.
Wad
A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.
Wap
(colloquial) A breast.
Wad
A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.
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Wap
A bundle.
Wad
A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.
Wap
A weapon, gun.
Wad
A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.
Wap
To beat; to whap.
Wad
(Informal) A large amount
A wad of troubles.
Wap
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Wad
A sizable roll of paper money.
Wap
To wrap or bind.
Wad
A considerable amount of money.
Wap
To beat; to whap.
Wad
Vulgar Slang An ejaculation of semen.
Wap
A blow or beating; a whap.
Wad
To compress into a wad
Wad a candy wrapper.
Wad
To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding
Wad a keyhole.
Wad
To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.
Wad
To insert a wad into (a firearm).
Wad
An amorphous, compact mass.
Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
Wad
A substantial pile (normally of money).
With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan.
Wad
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.
Wad
(slang) A sandwich.
Wad
An ejaculation of semen.
Wad
(dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
Wad
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Wad
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
Wad
(Ulster) To wager.
Wad
To insert or force a wad into.
To wad a gun
Wad
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
To wad a cloak
Wad
Woad.
Wad
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wad
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.
Wad
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Wad
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
Wad
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Wad
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.
Wad
(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
Wad
A wad of something chewable as tobacco
Wad
Compress into a wad;
Wad paper into the box
Wad
Crowd or pack to capacity;
The theater was jampacked
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