wad
English
/wɒd/, /wɑd/
noun
Definitions
- An amorphous, compact mass.
- A substantial pile (normally of money).
- 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.
- (slang) A sandwich.
- (slang) An ejaculation of semen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wadmal (woolen cloth) derived from Old Norse váðmál (woolen stuff).
Origin
Old Norse
váðmál
Gloss
woolen stuff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cum English
- cumwad English
- cutter English
- jizz English
- jizzwad English
- snot English
- snotwad English
- tight English
- tightwad English
- tightwaddish English
- unwad English
- wadcutter English
- wadder English
- wadding English
- wadmal English
- widow's weeds English
- Watte German
- Wattebällchen German
- Zuckerwatte German
- wattig German
- lijnwaad Dutch, Flemish
- watten Dutch, Flemish
- ouate French
- ва́та Russian
- вата Russian
- sockervadd Swedish
- vadd Swedish
- ciricwæd Old English
- heaþowæd Old English
- wǣd Old English
- wadmal Middle English
- váðmál Old Norse
- vata Czech
- vata Serbo-Croatian
- вата Serbo-Croatian
- lijnwaet Middle Dutch
- ouadinne Norman
- vemal Westrobothnian