wad
noun
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
have wadded
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present perfectof wad.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Why, Captain, you could have wadded me up and drawn me through a finger ring like one of those Arabian Nights shawls.
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason
They have wadded their ears, and though Jeremiah wailed of desolation, or Isaiah thundered the wrath of heaven, they would not hear,—they would go on looking at each other's dresses.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
